JPH0428386A - Japanese pinball machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent alteration of a program by selectively operating one of start control instructions written in the first, second and third identification means or a variation data storage means to be in a ready condition for a basic control instruction, written in a control data storage means, and erase a start control instruction written in the variable data storage means. CONSTITUTION:The first identification means and the second identification means comprise a mask ROM 77, EEPROM 79, CPU 81 and a reload power- supply circuit, for example, wherein CPU 81 judges whether an input signal is proper first pass-word or second pass-word, according to an initial control instruction in the mask ROM 77 and an EPROM write.read-out control instruction of EEPROM 79. On judging that a start mode is selected, it is judged by the third identification means whether an input signal input from a serial input terminal is the third pass-word or not, it is set to an execution mode of ready condition for a basic control instruction written in EPROM 78, and the first and second mode-setting signals input from the first and second mode- setting terminals are invalidated, whereby EPROM write.read-out instruction is erased from EEPROM 79 and a start control instruction is erased from RAM 80.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] <Industrial Application Field> The present invention relates to a pachinko machine equipped with an electric control device for controlling an electric game device such as a so-called Yaku that is installed on the game board of the pachinko machine. be.

(Prior art) The gaming section of conventional pachinko machines is equipped with electrical gaming equipment such as a variable winning device that performs complex operations and a variable display device that converts and displays multiple marks made of numbers, etc. The operation of the gaming machine is controlled by an electrical control device that is constructed by storing a control board consisting of a printed circuit board, a microprocessor and other integrated circuits, and a large number of various electrical components arranged in a storage case. By appropriately controlling the electric control device, the variable display device, and the variable prize winning device, auxiliary game shapes I, special game shapes Fl, etc. are generated.

And the control no. (in the storage case where the board is stored) -1
By pasting the seal, it is possible to clearly determine whether or not the control board has been removed from the storage case. In other words, the removal of the control board from the electrical control device at a game parlor or the like is regulated, and the number of changes to the preset program for controlling the electrical game equipment is prevented.

<Problem to be solved by the invention> However, for some reason, inspections are not regularly conducted to determine whether the seals affixed to the storage cases of electrically controlled loads have been peeled off. Since seals are not inspected even when a control device is disposed of, the regulatory effect of pasting a 1-1 seal on a storage case is extremely weak.

In addition, control data storage means, variable data storage means, arithmetic control means, etc., which are individually arranged on the control board in the electrical control device, are connected to the printer 1 on the board 10 by wiring or the like. In order to do this, basic control data such as a block diagram for controlling electrical gaming machines is fixedly stored.A control data record tTh is used for calculating control means or a control signal path for reading out control signals, expression information, etc. from the first stage. Since it is in an exposed state, it is extremely easy to read out the stored contents of the control data storage means from this control signal path.

In addition, there are cases where a seal is attached to the control data storage means itself, similar to the ■ seal on the storage case mentioned above, and little regulatory effect can be expected.

Furthermore, by configuring an electrical control device using a one-chip microcomputer in which control data storage means, variable data storage means, arithmetic control means, etc. are provided in a single base material, it is possible to Some control signal paths are not exposed to the outside, so that the contents of the control data storage means can only be easily read out.

However, in such one-chip microcomputers, it is possible to check whether the basic control data written in the control data storage means is normal or not at the manufacturing stage, which requires advanced technical knowledge. Nagisa was able to read out the stored contents of the control data storage means relatively easily, so he integrated the control data storage means, variable data storage means, arithmetic control means, etc. into a one-chip microcomputer.
! 8-data conversion cannot be said to be an effective Kaikyobo II strategy.

Therefore, in order to prevent the gaming parlors from increasing the quantity, it is desired that the control data stored in the control data storage means at the time of manufacture of the electrical control device cannot be read out, additionally written, or deleted at all. ing.

<Means for Solving the Problems> The present invention has been proposed in view of the above, and it is possible to integrate the control data storage means (EPROM 78), the variable data storage means (for example, the RAM 80), the arithmetic control means (CPU 81), etc. into a single unit. One-chip microcomputer integrated within the material (
In a pachinko machine that controls the operation of an electrical game device (for example, a variable display device 11) provided on a game board (4) of a pachinko machine (1) by an electric control device (43) having a A first method that allows basic control commands to be written into the control data storage means by inputting input signals manually.
identification means, and a second input device that makes it possible to read out the storage contents of the control data storage means by inputting the appropriate input property-53.
identification means; and a third apparatus for enabling writing of the activation control command to the variable data storage means when a proper input signal is input.
The identification means and a signal input manually from the outside selectively put any one of the activation control commands written in the first, second, and third identification means or the variable data storage means into an operable or executable state. A control operation selection means (for example, a human control circuit 100) to make the basic control command written in the control data storage means executable, and a start control command written in the variable data storage means The electric control device is provided with a one-chip microcomputer provided with activation control command execution means for erasing the control operation and making it impossible for the control operation selection means to select a control operation.

<For fr> The first
Writing of basic control commands to the control data storage means becomes disabled only when the identification means identifies a proper input signal.

Only when the second identification means enabled by the control operation selection means identifies a proper input signal;
Only the contents of the data stored in the control data storage means can be read.

The third controller is enabled by the control operation selection means.
Only when the identification means identifies a proper input signal can the activation control command be written to the variable data storage means.

By executing the startup control command by the startup control command execution means, the basic control command written in the variable data storage means becomes executable, the startup control command itself is erased from the fluctuation data storage means, and the control It becomes impossible to select a control operation by the operation selection means.

<Example> Next, an example of the present invention will be described in detail based on the accompanying drawings.

As shown in FIG. 1, the pachinko machine 1 has a frame-shaped front frame 2.
A ball supply tray 3 and the like are provided, and a game board 4 is provided so as to close the window portion of the front frame 2 from the rear. Also, front frame 2
A special game status display lamp 5 is provided at a certain appropriate position to indicate that the pachinko machine 1 is in a special game status.

The game board 4 has a game section 7 surrounded by a kite rail 6 on the front side, and inside the game section 7 are various prize winning tools 8..., a windmill 9..., and a large number of nails 10... etc. are appropriately arranged, and a variable display device 1 is installed approximately in the center of the gaming section 7.
1, and a variable display device 12 provided on the variable display device 11.
The stop-stop display section 13, which is a stop-stop display means, is designed to be clearly visible to the player.

In addition, a variable winning device 1 is provided appropriately below the variable display device 11.
4, a first starting switch 15a is installed between the variable prize winning device 14 and the variable display device 11.
A second start switch 15b and a third start switch 1 are installed inside the left and right wings of the variable winning device 14, respectively.
A second starting port 17 and a third starting port 18 having a 5c are provided respectively, and various prize winning equipment 8 and non-winning games in the first to third starting holes 16 to 18 are provided at the lower center of the gaming section 7. An out 1 19 is opened to guide the ball to the back side of the game board 4.

-1- As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the variable display device 11 shown in FIG.
A variable display 12 is provided at approximately the center of the front surface of the 0, and an armor portion 21 is formed in a protruding manner appropriately above the variable display 12, and a portion of the armor portion 21 is provided with an upper prize opening 22. The front side of the armor part 21 is provided with an 11th stroke display section 13, and this stroke stop display section 13 is a translucent display plate 13.
It is configured such that the letters such as "stop" written on the display board 13a are illuminated by emitting light from the stop-stop indicating light emitters 13b... from the back side of the display board 13a.

In addition, on the lower blade of the I variable display 12, for example, four 270 display light emitters 23. By memorizing and displaying the number of winning balls (up to 4) that have won a prize, and by lighting or blinking the decorative lamps 24 provided at appropriate positions, the pachinko machine 1 or the auxiliary game This is to inform the player of the status or special game condition.

The variable display device 12 is configured to include three variable display sections, for example, a first variable display section 12a, a second variable display section 12b, and a third variable display section 12c. The display sections 12a to 12c display desired patterns, pod numbers, etc. on each of the variable display sections 12a to 12c by appropriately turning on or off a large number of variable display light emitters 25 arranged in rows and columns. It's like coming.

The variable display method of this variable display 12 is shown in FIG. 5 (8), for example.
) to (h), and the variable display of the variable indicator 12 by dynamic lighting will be described in detail below.

For example, in the first to third variable display sections 12a to 12c composed of 5 x 7 matrix LEDs, a horizontal line of each variable display light emitting body 25 is divided into seven stages and connection lines are connected in series. One end is set as the segment pointer 81 to S7, and one end of the connection line in which the vertical line of each variable display light emitting body 25 is divided into five columns and connected in series is set as the pointer Di to D5, and the number to be lit is 0. ■The connection point l~ to which the variable display light emitter 25 is connected supplies power to the pointer via the switching element Tr+, for example, and the connection point to which the variable display light emitter 25 to be turned on is connected. For example, when the connection point 1~ is passed from the pointer I~ to the ground point via the switching element Tr2 (j rotation), the variable display light emitting body 25 of the corresponding connection point 1~ is turned on. It should be noted that the fully variable display bodies 25 are connected so that a forward current flows from the decimal pointer to the segment pointer (FIG. 5(a)).

In addition, switching elements Tr (not shown) are also connected to the digit pointers D1 to D4, and the switching elements Tr are connected to the digit pointers D1 to D4.
~Switching element T r2 with IA indication omitted also in S7
are connected to each other.

Here, for example, as shown in FIG. 5(b), the number "4"
In the case of lighting up and displaying, it is only necessary to light up only the variable display light emitting body 25 (the LED circled in the figure) at a predetermined position shown in FIG. 5(c).

Therefore, in the dynamic lighting which is the variable display method according to the present embodiment, the variable display body 25... emits light for each digit pointer, and tomorrow, the switching element T rl connected to the corresponding digit pointer At the same time, the switching element Tr2 connected to the segment pointer of the corresponding LED is turned on so that the lighting LED in the digit pointer is turned on. By doing this, a voltage is applied from the pointer of the corresponding LED, the segment pointer is grounded, and a forward current flows to light the LED.

That is, in order to display "4" on the variable display section, first, voltage is applied from the digit pointer D1, and at the same time the voltage is applied from the digit pointer D1 to the pointer S3. Figure 5 (d) to ground S4
), then voltage is applied from the digit pointer D2 and the segment pointers S3 to S5 are grounded.
(e)), then a voltage is applied to segment pointer 1 from pointer D3, and at the same time voltage is applied to segment pointer S3. Ground S6 (see Figure 5(f)), then digit pointer D.
A voltage is applied from 4 and the segment pointer Sl, 5
2S3 S4. S5. S6. S7 is grounded (FIG. 5(g)), and finally voltage is applied from the decimal point 1 to the pointer D5, and the terminal 1 to the pointer S3 are grounded (FIG. 5(1+)). In addition, Figure 5 (
In d) to (11), "0" of the pointer and segment pointer indicates the off state of each switching element, and "1" indicates the on state of each switching element.

In addition, in dynamic lighting, which is a display method of the variable display 12 in this embodiment, a plurality of switching elements T r2 connected to the segment pointer can be selected and turned on at the same time, or a plurality of switching elements T r2 connected to the segment pointer can be selected and turned on. The switching element Tr is, for example, deci 1 to pointer D.
From I to pointer D2, digit pointer D3
, digit pointer D4, digit pointer D5, pointer D1 to digit 1, etc., and the switching time from digit pointer D1 to digit pointer D5 is made every extremely minute time (for example, 1 mS). By doing so, it is possible to cause an afterimage phenomenon in the player's vision, and also to simulate simultaneous lighting of all the variable display light emitters 25. Therefore, the ``second stop display section 13'' is used.
The configuration difference is such that the character "11-me" is displayed on the first to third variable display sections 12a to 12c of the variable display 12 to display the character more clearly. I'll come.

In addition, in the display method of the variable display 12 by dynamic lighting, output to the corresponding digit pointer,
By specifying the security pointer for the lighting LED in the test pointer line, the variable display 12 can display the information. It becomes possible to reduce the burden on the control unit.

Furthermore, in the dynamic lighting in this embodiment, "o" (off) of the safety men 1 to pointers S1 to s7
, 1" (ON) as a 7-hit binary code, the on/off information of the secmen 1 to pointer 5l-37 is obtained as the secmen l-data, which is a hexadecimal code. 51'21(d
) is 0001100''=”
oc", and in the same way for the sefumen 1 to theta in Figure 5 (e) to (11), "14 '", "'
24 "'7 F", "'04°'".

As shown in FIG. 6, the variable prize winning device 14 is provided with a protruding ball holder 27 which is opened at a suitable position in the upper part of the front side of the first board 26 that can be accessed to the game board 4. A horizontally long ball passage opening 28, which is a two-part opening part of the ball passage 1, is provided at the left and right edges of the ball passage 28, and a ball receiving door 29 is provided at the left and right edges of the ball passage 28, which can close the ball flow path to the ball passage 1. 29 is rotatably attached to the shaft,
These ball receiving doors 29 are connected to a drive source 31 formed by a solenoid or the like mounted on the second board 30 by a desired crank mechanism.

When the drive source 31 is not driven, the pair of ball receiving doors 29 and 29, which are in the first state blocking the ball flow downward to the ball passage port 28, are rotated left and right by a predetermined angle when the drive source 31 is driven. Then, the ball flow downward path leading to the ball passage opening 28 is opened, and the ball passage is converted to a second state in which it is possible to win a prize at 128. That is, by appropriately driving the drive source 31, the variable prize winning device 14 is driven to convert from a first state, which is disadvantageous to the player, to a second state, which is advantageous to the player.

In addition, a translucent member 32 is placed at a suitable location on the front side of the ball receiver 27.
A continuation count indicator 33 consisting of a 7-secmen l- variable indicator, etc., is provided on the back side of the translucent member 32.
Also, the display contents of the winning number display 34 are made visible from the front side of the pachinko machine 1.

-1- The continuation count display 33 indicates the continuation count, which is the number of cycles updated by the continuation winning ball detector 35 provided at the center of the ball passing hole 28, or by detecting winning balls during the special game. The number of winnings display 34 displays the number of winnings detected by the number of winnings detector 36 that detects winning balls that have won within the ball passage 128 when the variable winning device 14 converts to the second state, and the number of winnings detected by the variable winning device 14 is displayed. This is so that the game status during special games can be grasped.

As shown in FIG. 7, the back mechanism panel 37 provided on the back side of the pachinko machine 1 includes a ball storage tank 38, a ball outlet gutter 39, a prize ball loss device 40, a prize ball discharge gutter 41, a batted ball firing mechanism 42, etc. are arranged at the required positions, for example - "2nd prize ball discharge gutter 41
The operation is controlled by an electrical control device 43 that is detachably provided on the back side of the game board 4, and a predetermined number of prizes are awarded according to the number of winning balls such as the prize winning device 8 on the game board 4. It ejects the ball.

In addition, a ball detector 44 is placed at a suitable place on the path through which the game ball guided from the out port 19 to the back side of the game board 4 passes.
We have set up various winning prizes 8... and 1st to fl+3 start 1.
16 to 18, safe ball detectors 45 are installed at appropriate locations on the path through which game balls guided from other than 19 to the surface side of the game board 4 pass when the ball passes through the variable prize winning device 14, such as ``128, etc.'' Among the game balls hit into the game part 7 of the game board 4, the total number of safe balls that became safe and the total number of out balls that became out are detected.

Further, for example, on the upper back side of the pachinko machine 1, a power terminal section 46 is provided for supplying power to two-way devices such as a ball firing mechanism 42 and a winning ball processing device (not shown).
A power supply terminal unit 46 to which a commercial frequency 100V power is supplied via a power supply coat 47 and an electrical control device 43 are connected by a power supply line (not shown), and a prize ball ejector having an electrical drive source is connected. Device 40 and ball launch mechanism 42
In addition, power is supplied to the electrical control device 43 for controlling electrical game equipment such as various detectors and the variable display device 11.

This electrical control device 43 connects a control board 48 having integrated circuits and various electrical components to a planar top cover member 49 and bottom cover member 5.
0, and the storage case 51 is provided with heat radiation holes 52 for discharging heat generated from the electrical components of the control board 48 to the outside.

Further, the control board 48 is arranged such that a space is formed between one side of the control board 48 and the inner surface of the top cover member 49 and between the other side of the control board 48 and the inner surface of the bottom cover member 52. The electrical control device 43 is constituted by storing it in the storage case 51. For example, a metal shield plate 53 is interposed between the control board 48 and the bottom cover member 50, and the plate of the shield plate 53 is A space is formed between the shield plate 53 and the control board 48 by the abutment piece 53a which protrudes from the surface toward the control board 48 and comes into contact with one side of the control board 48.

A cushioning material 53b made of urethane or the like is provided on the control board 48 side of the shield plate 53, which protects the control board 48 from impact and prevents the control board 48 from coming into contact with the shield board 53. This is to prevent the 48 circuits from shorting out.

Further, the electrical control device 43 has both sides of the control board 48,
While forming a space between the inner surface of the storage case 51 and the inner surface of the storage case 51,
By communicating the rain space inside the case, natural convection of air due to the temperature difference is generated inside the storage case 51.
The natural convection effectively dissipates heat from the integrated circuits and various electrical components provided on the control board 48, and the temperature inside the case increases by discharging gastrically warmed air from the heat dissipation hole 52 to the outside of the case. This can be prevented as much as possible. Moreover, by interposing the shield plate 87 between the control board 48 and the back surface of the back mechanism panel 37, friction generated between the prize ball discharge gutter 41 made of a material such as plastic and the alloy game ball can be prevented. It is possible to prevent malfunctions due to the influence of static electricity on the control board 48 as much as possible.

Further, for example, a locking member 54 is provided on a handle piece 50a provided at an appropriate position on the side surface of the bottom cover member 50, and the above-mentioned game board 4
A locking member 54 is attached to the back of the prize ball discharge gutter 41 provided on the back side of the
By providing a locking portion that can be freely engaged and detached from the electric control device 43, the electric control device 43 can be detachably attached to the prize ball discharge gutter 41 of the back mechanism panel 37.

The first region 48a of the control board 48 includes a power amplifier 55a,
A power supply area 58 consisting of a constant 1F pressure generator 55b, a heat sink 55c, a large capacity capacitor 56, a coil 57, etc., a Saran 1-generator 59 that generates a desired sound, and an appropriate increase of the sound 0, IN, 1 - Audio area 61 consisting of an output amplifier 60, etc., arithmetic control means, control data storage means,
A one-chip microcomputer 62 that integrally incorporates a variable data storage means, etc., a logic area 64 consisting of a crystal oscillator 63, etc. that supplies a clock as a basic pulse signal to the one-chip microcomputer 62, and the like are provided.
The integrated circuit and various electrical components within the area 48a are functionally connected by printed wiring on the back surface.

The second area 48b of the control board 48 includes a conversion area 66 comprised of power amplifiers 65a, 65b, etc. to enable drive control, input signal conversion, etc., and an end portion of a cable for connecting to each electrical game device. A connection area 68 is provided in which connector pins 67, which are removable with the connector provided in the second area 48b, are aligned, and integrated circuits, integrated circuits, and various electrical components in the second area 48b function by printed wiring on the surface. It is connected.

The first area 48a and the second area 48b are functionally connected by wiring on the back side (not shown), and the variable display device 11 and the variable prize winning device 14 are connected in response to human input signals from various detectors, etc. Electric games such as 4j! J, to control the operation of the device.

Further, the power supply area 58 in the first area 48a and the second area 48
The connection area 68 in b is formed at the opposite edge of the control board 48, and the electric control device 43 is connected to the power supply area 58 or 11 so as to be located below the connection area 68. Attach to the back of the control gutter 4J, etc. In this way, by locating the Ichihara region 58 in the first region 48a above the control board 48 of the electrical control device 43, the temperature of the heat emitted from the power supply region 58, which generates a relatively high amount of heat, can be increased. The heated air prevents other areas such as the logic area 64 and the conversion area 66 formed by other integrated circuits and electrical components disposed on the control board 48 from being heated. That is, it is possible to prevent the integrated circuits and various electrical components from malfunctioning due to temperature rise, and to stabilize the control operation of the electrical game machine by the electrical control device 43.

Also, the connection area 68 of the second area 48b is controlled (plate 4
8, the connection terminal of the connection wire may come off from the connector pin 67 of the connection area 68 due to the falling ball from the prize ball dispensing mechanism provided on the back mechanism panel 37, or the connection terminal of the connection wire may be disconnected from the connector pin 67 of the connection area 68. It is possible to minimize the risk of short-circuiting and to stabilize the control operation of the electrical game machine by the electrical control device 43.

That is, due to these synergistic effects, the electrical control device 4
3, stable operation can be expected, making it possible to provide an extremely reliable pachinko machine 1.

In addition, in this embodiment, the top cover member 63 and the bottom cover member 5
By appropriately determining the shape of 0, only the connection area 68 is exposed from the bottom of the storage case 51, making it easy to connect and disconnect the connector pin 67 and the connection connector, making it easy to perform regular maintenance and repair. This is so that the work can be carried out efficiently.

Next, a schematic configuration of the control board 48 will be explained based on FIG. 10.

The one-chip microcomputer 62, which will be described in detail later, has control data storage means, variable data storage means, arithmetic control means, etc. integrated in a single base material such as silicon sea urchin. microcomputer 62
The first to third starting switches 15a to 15c, continuous winning ball detector 35, winning number detector 36, out ball detector 4
4. Signals are input from the safe sphere detector 45 etc. via the filter 69, and a control command signal corresponding to these input information is output.

The crystal oscillator 63 supplies an oscillation pulse of a predetermined width to the one-chip microcomputer 62, and based on the input oscillation pulse, the one-chip microcomputer 62 performs internal processing timing, control command signal output operations, and the like.

Each control command signal outputted from the one-chinf microcomputer 62 is sent to the variable display device 11, the driving source 31 of the variable prize winning device 14, the light-emitting body 13b for indicating a stop, and the light-emitting body 23 for memory display via the first try-half 0. , the number of continuations display 33, the number of winnings display 34, etc. In addition to these, output is also made to various display lamps such as the special game state large/small lamp 5 and the decorative lamp 24 (not shown).

In addition, the voice output command signal output from the one-chip microcomputer 62 is sent to the Saran F generator 59.
The sound generator 59 generates an audio signal corresponding to the command signal and outputs it to the amplifier 60, and the audio signal appropriately amplified by the amplifier 60 is output to the speaker 71.
supplied to

Note that when transmitting and receiving data with a management device or the like external to the pachinko machine 1 via the communication terminal 72, the second try-half 3 for communication processes the transmitted signal or the received signal as appropriate. This second try-out device 3 is designed to provide isolation (electrical insulation) between the electrical control device 43 and the outside.
It is provided separately from the first tri-haf 0 that outputs the output to the.

Power supply area 58 supplied with power from the power supply terminal section 46
is suitably transformed (for example, 2
0 volts) is applied to the audio area 61 and conversion area 66.
In addition to supplying power to devices such as the
Power is supplied to the microcomputer 62. Note that the logic power supplied to the one-chip microcomputer 62 is once sent to a power supply monitoring circuit 76 to monitor whether proper logic power is being supplied to the one-chip microcomputer 62.

” The second one-chip microcomputer 62 is the 11th
It is configured as shown in the block diagram in the figure, and has a masked ROM (ωasked ROM) which serves as an initial control command storage means.
77, E P ROM (basic control command storage means)
erasable programmable ROM
) 78, EEPROM as collected data storage means
(C1 electrically er8sable pr
79, a RAM 80 as a variable data storage means, a CPU 81 as an arithmetic control means, etc., and various internal buses 82 such as a data bus and an address bus.
This allows desired data, control commands, etc. to be transmitted and received.

Input signals such as game data input from the input terminal 83 into the one-chip microcomputer 62, which is a single base material, are guided from the internal lotus 82 to the RAM 80, CPU 81, etc. via the input control circuit 84, and the CPU 81 Various control command signals output from the output control circuit 85 are output from an output terminal 86 to the outside. As terminals for inputting and outputting the one-chip microcomputer 62, which is a single base material, an input/output terminal 87 and a READ terminal 88, which can input and output from the outside,
A WRITE terminal 89 and the like are also provided.

Received data, which is a serial signal, input from the communication terminal 72 into the electrical control device 43 via the second dry huff 3 is supplied to the serial control circuit 91 within the one-chip microcomputer 62 via the serial input terminal 9o. , is converted into a parallel signal by the serial control circuit 91, and then supplied to the CPU 81 via the internal lotus 82. When transmitting a transmission signal to the outside, the serial control circuit 91 converts the transmission data into a serial signal, and then outputs the serial output terminal 92 to the second tri-half 3.
and is transmitted to an external management device or the like via the communication terminal 72.

The oscillation control circuit 93 outputs the oscillation pulse input from the crystal oscillator 63 via the resonator connection terminal 94 as a basic clock with a constant time width, and uses the basic clock to control the CPU.
The execution speed of 81 is determined. Note that this oscillation control circuit 93 is connected to one chip via the basic clock output terminal 95.
It outputs a basic clock to the outside of the microcomputer 62, and contributes to the processing timing of the audio output processing performed by the sound generator 59.

The basic clock outputted from the oscillation control circuit 93 is also input to a timekeeping control circuit 96, and the timekeeping control circuit 96 measures the elapsed time by counting the number of inputted basic clocks of a fixed time width. CP based on time
U81 executes internal processing and also displays variable display device 11.
It outputs control commands for driving or stopping various electrical gaming devices such as the variable prize winning device 14 and the like.

Furthermore, the one-chip microcomputer 62 has a C
A runaway monitoring and control circuit 97 is a runaway monitoring and control means that monitors and controls the runaway of the PU 81, a selection designation circuit 98 that selectively designates a circuit for controlling the operation of the CPU 81, an EPROM 78 whose storage contents can be rewritten, and the storage contents of the EPROM 78. In addition to a rewriting power supply circuit 99 for rewriting, a mode input control circuit 100 is provided as a control operation selection means for selecting a control operation (to be described in detail later) of the one-chip microcomputer 62. In the mote input control circuit 100, the 1,000th tote setting signal and the second mote setting signal inputted from the first mode setting terminal 101 and the second mode setting terminal 102 were predetermined appropriate human input signals. Only in this case, a predetermined operation selection signal is sent to the CPU 81.
Send to.

The mote input control circuit 100 described in I4 is provided with a mote setting signal input control section 100a that controls the input of mote setting signals input from the first and second mote setting terminals. By operating it, input of each mote setting signal to the remote input control circuit 100 can be invalidated. In other words, the manual control unit 100a of the manual controller 100a disables the manual control circuit 100 from the manual controller 100a. The control operation of the 62 itself is controlled by a one-chip microcombi:
7--It becomes impossible to select from outside the data 62.

In addition, in the embodiment described in 1-1, the motor control circuit 10
For example, the configuration is such that the mote setting signal input control unit 100a provided at the mote manual control circuit 100 is disabled by the mote setting signal input control section 100a provided at the mote setting signal input control unit 100a provided at the mote setting signal input control unit 100a provided at the mote control circuit 100. ,
By configuring the signal path from the two mote setting terminals 101 and 102 to the mote manual control circuit 100 to be cut off in the shape of a bar F, the mote setting signal or the mote input control circuit 100 can be connected.
It may be configured so that it is not input to the .

In addition, a reset terminal 103 and an external interrupt terminal 104 are connected to the one-chip microcomputer 62 which is a single base material.
A reset l~ signal and an external interrupt signal are input via the CPU 81, and the CPU 81 performs a reset or interrupt process based on these signals, and the R signal is input from the RAM backup terminal 105.
The AM backup source is supplied to the RAM 80, and logic power is supplied to the one-chip microcomputer 62 via the power terminal f106 and the ground terminal 07.

Next, various storage means provided in the one-deep microcomputer 62 will be explained in detail based on FIG. 12(a).

Initial control commands are fixedly stored in the mask ROM 77 during the manufacturing stage, and the initial control commands are sent to the mote input control circuit in response to mote setting signals inputted from the first and second mote setting terminals 101 and 102. These are control commands necessary for the CPU 81 to perform various operation controls based on the operation selection signal to be output. One-chip microcomputer 62
Also includes control instructions to enable writing to.

EEPROM79 is used for writing to EPROM78 and
An EPROM write/read control command for reading the memory contents written in the PROM 78 is stored, and this EPROM write/read control command or EEPROM
If the basic control commands are not stored in the EP ROM 79, the basic control commands cannot be written to the EP ROM 78 using the initial control commands of the mask ROM 77. That is, the manufacturer of the one-chip microcomputer 62 or the one-chip microcomputer 62 concerned), (before delivering the one-chip microcomputer 62 to the user who writes the uncontrolled instructions), Writing the EPROM write/read control command to the EEPROM 79 is suitable for inventory management and quantity control.

Note that this EEPROM 79 is a non-volatile memory that retains its stored contents even if the power is cut off, so the one-chip microcomputer 62 is activated to control the operation in the normal state to control writing and reading of the EPROM. When the command is no longer needed, it is used as a collected data storage means for storing collected data such as game results and control details. The collected data includes, for example, 30 pieces of game results and control contents during a predetermined number of game control operations (described in detail later) by the one-depth microcomputer 62.
The collected data for each item is stored in the EEPROM 79. When the collected data is stored in all the storage areas for 30 items, the collected data stored first is erased and the latest collected data is stored, so that the collected data is constantly updated.

EPROM78 is a one-chip microcomputer 6
2. A device that stores basic control commands for controlling operations in a normal state; 1. When the write mode is selected by the second mote setting signal, the CPU 81 executes the initial control command of the mask ROM 77 and the EPROM write/read control command of the EEPROM 79, so that the basic control command input from the outside or written to the EPROM 78 is executed. 1. When the read mode is selected by the second mote setting signal, the CPU 81 executes the initial control command for the mask ROM 77 and the EPROM write/read control command for the EEPROM 79.
It becomes possible to read the contents stored in the ROM 78 (for example, the basic control commands written when setting the write mode 1). Note that the basic control commands written in the EPROM 78 are not in a state where the CPU 81 can execute the basic control commands, and the activation control including the control commands to enable the CPU 81 to execute the basic control commands. orders must be carried out. Therefore, the activation mote for making the activation control command executable is set to, for example, the first mote.
The selection is made by the second mote setting signal.

Furthermore, as mentioned above, the RAM 80 is a volatile memory whose stored contents are erased when the power is cut off, and when the one-chip microcomputer 62 is activated to control operations in the normal state, It temporarily stores fluctuating data such as game results input from various detectors, etc., and functions as a buffer when communicating with an external device such as a management device. However, before the one-chip microcomputer 62 is started up to the normal state, it is used to read startup control instructions, and the first. Second
When the startup mode is selected by the 100-to-set setting signal, a startup control command can be written into the RAM 80.

In this embodiment, the startup control command is written in the RAM 80, which is a volatile memory, so when the startup control command is written, the mask ROM 77, which stores the initial control command including the execution control command of the startup control command, is written. The startup control command is executed by a startup control command execution means such as the CPU 81 that executes the control command, so that the one-chip microcomputer 62 is started in a normal state.

In addition, in order to make the basic control commands written in the EPROM 78 executable, the startup control commands written in the RAM 80 are executed, and after the startup control commands are erased from the RAM 80, they are collected in the RAM 80. data storage area, memory butt write area, communication processing area,
A game processing area etc. is formed (see FIG. 12(b)).
It stores and erases various variable data used in each process described later as appropriate based on the execution of basic control commands.

Then, by executing the startup control command, the mote setting signal input control section 10 of the mode input control circuit 100
0a or 1st. Each mote setting signal input from the second mote setting terminals 101 and 102 to the mode input control circuit 100 is invalidated, and the EPRO written in the EEPROM 79 is
The M write/read control command is erased, and the start control command itself of the RAM 80 is erased. That is, after the startup control command is executed, the one-chip microcomputer 62
It becomes impossible to read basic control instructions from the internal EPROM 78.

Next, the one-chip microcomputer 62 is made usable from the initial state7. A series of steps for changing to F will be explained in detail with reference to flowcharts of the embodiment shown in FIGS. 13(a) and 13(b).

First, the one-chip microcomputer 62 determines whether an error limit (described in detail later) is set, and whether the basic control instruction is in an executable code that can be executed. If it is not also set on the mote of
1st. Read the second mode setting terminals 101 and 102,
1st from the relevant terminal. If the second mote setting signal is input, these first mote setting signals. The selected mote is determined based on the combination of the second mote setting signals, and the outline of the processing to be performed below is determined based on the selected mote.

In addition, when determining each mote in this embodiment, depending on the human power "l" and non-human power "o" of the first mole setting signal and the second thousandth mote setting signal, as shown in Table 1, Each mall~
or reversed. However, 1. 2000th-F
If neither setting signal is input, it is assumed that no mote selection has been made, and the process of reading the setting end A into each mode 1 is repeated until one of the selected modes 1 to 1 is selected.

The one-chip microcomputer 62 determines that the write mode has been selected by performing the process for reading the output setting terminal shown in Table 1. Require a password from an external party. In response to the request from the first bus 1~, for example, the first identifying means determines whether the input signal input from the serial input terminal r-90 is the first bus 1-;
When the input signal is applied to the first bus 1, the rewriting power supply circuit 99 supplies write power to the EPROM 78, writes a basic control command to the EPROM 78,
If there is a delay in the end of the write process, the replacement power supply circuit 9
9 to stop the write power supply to the EPROM 78.

However, if a proper first bus 1~ is not input, an error mode is set, and by setting the error mode, other processing becomes impossible.

That is, the one-chip microcomputer 62
Only an authorized user who has learned the correct first password from the manufacturer can write the basic control commands into the EPROM 78, and Nagisa, who does not know the first password, can write the basic control commands for the purpose of penetrating the user. When attempting to write the command to the EPROM 78, an error mode 1- is set because the proper input signal, the first bus 1~, is not input, and the basic control command with the desired interpolation is written to the EPROM 78. becomes impossible.

In addition, by performing the mote setting terminal reading process,
If it is determined that the read mode 1.about. is selected, the one-chip microcomputer 62 requests a second password, which is a predetermined appropriate input password, from the outside. In response to the request for the second password, the second identification means determines whether the input signal is the input signal input from the serial input terminal 90 or the second password. For example, it performs read processing of the EPROM 78 so that basic control instructions, which are the stored contents of the EPROM 78, can be read from the outside. In addition,
If the correct second password is not entered,
An error mode is set in the same manner as in the first identification means described above, and other processing is disabled.

That is, the one-chip microcomputer 62
Only an authorized user who has learned the proper password to the second bus 1 from the manufacturer can read the basic control commands from the EPROM 78, and must not know the second password. Assuming that 1=1, the basic control command is EPR
When trying to read from the OM78, the second password, which is a proper input signal, is not input, so it is set to error mode (error mode), and the basic control command cannot be read from the EPROM78, so the normal basic control It becomes impossible to apply the desired perforation to the command.

In addition, in this embodiment, if an incorrect first password or second password 1~ is input, an error mode 1~ is set so that it is impossible to input the bus password I again. However, even if the configuration is such that each control operation is performed only by determining the input to the first password and the second bus 1, it is not necessary to set the error mode 1 in this way. It can be done.

That is, the first of these. The second password can be imagined almost infinitely by combining various properties of electrical signals. It is virtually impossible to discover the password by repeatedly changing the input signal to the second mote setting terminal 101102 and repeatedly trying to input the password.
EPRO who does not know the password and second password
The regular basic control commands written in M78 are read once, and the basic control commands with the desired number of commands are written in E P ROM78.
I can't find the words to write it down.

Specific examples of passwords include those shown in FIGS. 14(a) to 14(d).In the case of passwords input serially, appropriate time intervals shown in FIG. 14(a) (A in the figure)
, B, C), in which pulses (high level) of a certain time width are inputted, and those with a predetermined time width (
For passwords that require input of a predetermined number of pulses (high level and low level) of A, B, and C in the figure (Fig. 14 (b)), for example, 8-bit parallel input, the password shown in Fig. 14 (C ) and the one shown in Figure 14(d).

When determining these input signals, for example, the on/off of the input pulse may be made to correspond to numbers (hexadecimal numbers in this embodiment), and the combination of these numbers may be used to determine whether each password is a password or not. If passwords are often composed of combinations of numbers like this, each password can be easily set.

That is, in FIG. 14(a), it is determined that the input pulse is an 8-digit binary code "'10001000", and it is analyzed as either the hexadecimal representation of the code "88" or the first input digit in the password, and then The input “'01001000” is changed to the second input number “78”,
"'10010000" is analyzed as the third input number "90". If each input number matches a preset password, it is determined to be a valid password.

In this way, if you increase the number of input digits that can be combined for one password, the number of passwords that can be obtained by combining input digits will become an astronomical number,
” - As mentioned above, it is virtually impossible to find out a password only by trying to enter it.

In addition, in the password shown in FIG. 14(b), “
11100011'' is analyzed as the first input digit E3, ``00110011'' which is input next is analyzed as the second input digit ``33'', and ``11000011'' is analyzed as the third input digit ``03''. In addition, in this embodiment, the input pulses are input to the 8-digit opening, 7-digit opening, and
Either it is interpreted as digit opening, ..., 2 digit opening, 1 digit opening, or it is configured so that the input order is interpreted as 1 digit opening, 2 digit opening, ..., 7 digit opening, 8 digit opening. You can.

A specific example of a password in which input signals by parallel input are made to correspond to numbers is shown in Fig. 14 (C) and (d), in which the first input is made to correspond to the one-digit entry of the binary code, and the following is shown below. 2 human power into the 2 digit port of the binary code, 3rd human power into the 3 digit port of the binary code, 4th human power into the 4 digit port of the binary code, 5th human power into the 5 digit port of the binary code, 6th human power into the 5 digit port of the binary code. The input numbers for the password are configured as hexadecimal numbers in which the 7th digit corresponds to the 6-digit opening of the binary code, the 7th digit corresponds to the 7-digit digit of the binary code, and the 8th digit corresponds to the 8-digit digit of the high recoat.

In FIG. 14(C), "11011001" obtained from the first input pulse group is analyzed as the first input number "D9P", and the next input pulse group "o o o o
o o o o” as the second input number “00゛°,
10110111” to the third input number “B7’”
and "ooooooooo'" as the fourth input digit "00"
' and "01010001" as the fifth input number "5"
1'” and “ooooooooo” to the sixth input digit “0”
Enter 0゛ and “11100001” as the seventh number.”
For example, an even input number is 00.
′°.

In FIG. 14(d), "'10101010" obtained from the first input pulse tool is converted to the first input digit 'A'A'.
′, and then the input pulse group “1101
1111°” as the second input number ’“DF’” and “”0
1011011” as the third input number “5 B”,
"'11101101" as the fourth input number "ED",
“OOI OI OOO” is the fifth human number” 28
” and “00100000” as the sixth input digit “’
20'' and enter a password consisting of a combination of a large number of human numbers in a short time.

Furthermore, the level difference between H level and L level in passwords 1~ is also a determining factor, and the number of password combinations becomes even more enormous, making it even more difficult to identify passwords 1~. Note that the passwords shown in FIGS. 14(a) to 14(d) are one specific example, and the passwords shown in FIGS. Appropriate input signals for determining the second identification means are not limited to these.

Further, in this embodiment, the first identification means and the second identification means are, for example, a mask ROM 77 and an EEPROM 7.
9, a CPU 81, and a power supply circuit 99 for rewriting. Based on the control command and the EPROM write/read control command of the EEPROM 79, the relevant input (, -i-"
If it is determined that the first password F or the second password 1 is the correct one, the CPU 81 or the old replacement power supply circuit 99 is controlled to issue a basic control command to the EPROM 78! ) processing, EPROM78
It outputs the internal memory contents (basic control commands) to the outside.

In addition, by performing the mote setting terminal reading process,
If it is determined that the starter is selected, the one-chip microcomputer 62 requests the third bus 1 to be a predetermined appropriate input signal from the outside.

In response to the request for the third password 1, the third identification means determines whether the input signal is the input signal input from the serial input terminal 90 or the third password. If there is, the startup control command is written into the RAM 80, and the startup control command execution means performs the startup process. That is, by setting the basic control command written in the EPROM 78 to execution mode 1, which is an executable state, and operating the mote setting signal input control section 100a of the mote input control circuit 100, the first. Input from the setting terminals r-101, 102 to the 2,000th-1st Sarel 1st.
, 42 (=1 to set signal or invalid, E
The EPROM write/read control command is erased from the EPROM 79, and the start control command is erased from the RAM 80, respectively.

In other words, it is impossible for anyone who does not know the third password to store the startup control command in the RAM 80, and only a legitimate user who has learned the appropriate third password from the manufacturer of the one-chip microcomputer 62 can do so. Alternatively, the startup control command can be written to the RAM 80. This third bus 1 is connected to the first bus 1 mentioned above. As with the second password, an almost infinite number of combinations of electrical signal characteristics can be imagined, so it is virtually impossible to find out the third password by trying to enter it. Unless otherwise specified, regular basic control instructions written in the EPROM 78 can be executed! It is not possible to write into the RAM 80 a start-up control command to set E.

Therefore, even if Nagisa who has learned the second password of the first bus 1-1 performs the desired operations on the basic control command written in the EPROM 78, if he does not know the third password, he will not be able to execute the basic control command. The startup control command including execution mode F setting processing to make it executable is stored in RAM.
It is not possible to write to 80 and perform the startup process. It should be noted that in the input determination of the third pass 1-1, if a different pass 1-1 is input, an error flag is set.

In addition, by performing the startup process that makes this control command executable, the EPROM write
Since the read control command and the activation control command written in the RAM 80 are erased, and the input controller 100a of the mote input control circuit 100 is operated, the first. The input of the second mote setting signal becomes invalid, and the operation selection by the mote input control circuit 100 itself becomes impossible. In addition, even if the setting signal manual control unit 1ota to mode 1 does not operate normally, the EPROM write/read control command written in the EEPROM 79 has been erased, so the EPROM
Read out the regular basic control commands stored in 78, or write the basic control commands to which the desired quantity is applied.
It is also impossible to write to 78.

In this embodiment, the startup control command is written in the RAM 80, which is a volatile memory whose memory contents are lost when the power is cut off. For example, the startup control command can be written in a non-volatile memory, the startup control command can be read out as needed, and the startup control command execution means can be operated as needed. You may also do so.

In addition, in this embodiment, the first to third passwords to be input to the one-chip microcomputer 62 when selecting a control operation are input via the serial input terminal 90, or are not required in the case of a parallel configuration password, etc. It may be configured such that terminals for several people are separately provided as a group of terminals exclusively for password input.

1-As in the present invention described above, by providing the one-chip microcomputer 62 with the first to third identification means, control operation selection means, and activation control command execution means, basic control commands can be executed. Before setting the execution mode, the first . The first one is operated by inputting the second and third passwords manually. Providing a second identification means to prevent conversion and enable basic control commands to be executed;
When setting the execution mode to the main execution mode, the activation process is performed by the activation control command execution means to prevent conversion.

So, these first. Second. Due to the synergistic effect of the third identification means and the activation control command execution means, it is impossible to determine the number of basic control commands before and after delivery to the pachinko parlor, and the above-mentioned means can be combined into one base material. By providing an electrical control device installed in a chip microcomputer, it is possible to make a pachinko machine extremely useful in preventing revisions.

Note that the third identification means is, for example, a mask ROM 77 and C
The CPU 81 determines whether the input signal input from the outside is a proper third password based on the initial control command in the CPU 81 or the mask ROM 77, and determines whether the input signal is a proper third password or not. If it is determined that the password is 3, then a startup control command writing process to the RAM 80 is performed.

In addition, when canceling the error mode that is set when the regular 1st to 3rd passwords are not entered, for example, an
In the same way as writing PROM write/read control commands, by rewriting the error mode written in EEPROM 79, the one-chip
It is possible to return the microcomputer 62 to its normal state.

The startup control command execution means that performs startup processing based on the startup control command is configured by, for example, a mask ROM 77, a RAM 80, and a CPU 81, and when a startup control command is written into the RAM 80 from the outside, the CPU
The CPU 81 determines whether to start execution of the startup control command based on the initial control command in the mask ROM 77, and the CPU 81 performs startup processing in accordance with the startup control command.

One-chip microcomputer 6 as described above
When the execution mode is set to 2, the electrical control device 43 determines that the execution mode is set after the power is turned on, and performs execution processing such as normal game processing.

An outline of the execution process is shown in the general flowchart of FIG. 15, in which a system initialization process is performed to initialize the system area of the RAM 80 and various hardware. When initializing the system, first clear all memory elements in each storage area of the RAM 80 by setting them to the "00°" state, and then
Each area provided in the M80, such as the collection overnight storage area, memory butt write area, communication processing area, and computer processing area, is set to an initial state so that new data can be stored.1.
:t II! A communication ball of the serial control circuit 91 that initializes the system timer constituted by the f control circuit 96 and temporarily stores the input/output signals outputted via the serial input/output terminals 90 and 91. By initializing the output capo-1 and the output capo-1, it becomes possible to transmit and receive data to and from the outside. In addition, in the data transmission process to be described later, a 'source input flux' is used as a judgment criterion to inform the outside of the t6 physical equipment that the pachinko machine J has started up in a state where data transmission is possible. Then, the RAM 80 is cleared to initialize the RAM 80, and the fixed data memory bat is written to the memory parameter 1 write area, and the previously initialized system timer is started.

When the system initialization described in 1. is properly performed, data conversion processing, data collection processing, and case processing are activated in parallel every 2 mS counted by the system timer. In addition to these processes, the system timer is activated every 1 mS to perform manual processing of various detection switches and output processing to various light sources, processing of receiving data sent from management devices, etc. A communication process for transmitting data to a fail process that is activated when the power supply voltage of the pachinko machine 1 is turned off or when the power supply voltage drops due to an unexpected failure is processed according to each activation condition.

In addition, the case processing that is started every 2 mS measured by the system timer performs sequence processing based on the winning ball information obtained by the timer processing, and the data collection process includes various detected data and processing contents performed by the case processing. At the same time, the control data for controlling the gaming equipment is changed based on the collected data, and the data transmission process analyzes the received data received by the communication process, and each command of the analyzed received data is changed. Various data are transmitted in accordance with 1 to 1.

Next, the schematic configuration of the one-chip microcomputer 62 for performing data collection processing will be explained in detail with reference to the block diagram shown in FIG. 17.

The one-chip microcomputer 62 is provided with a gaming equipment control means 108 that controls the operation of the electrical gaming equipment so that a special game occurs with a predetermined probability, and sets the gaming probability as control data for controlling the gaming equipment. Based on the gaming probability supplied from the gaming equipment control data setting unit 109, the gaming equipment control means 108 controls the variable display device 11.
The operation is controlled so that the display content of the special mode as the special game start condition is formed on the variable display 12 of the machine, and the special game is generated with a predetermined probability corresponding to the game probability set by the gaming machine control data setting section 109. You can control the game.

The gaming machine control data setting section 109 is composed of, for example, a gaming probability calculating means 110, a gaming probability correcting means 111, and an external adjustment requesting section 112, and is configured to input a predetermined value input from a management device 113 which is external to the pachinko machine 1. The game probability calculation means 110 displays the variable display device 1 according to the "set percentage" of
A game probability, which is control data for controlling the operation of the first game, is calculated, and the operation of the game machine control means 108 or the variable display device 11 is controlled based on this game probability. The calculation method for calculating the game probability using this game probability calculation means 110 will be described in detail later, or the game probability may be calculated using game data obtained as a result of actually controlling the electrical game machine. This allows control data to be obtained that corresponds to the personality of machine 1.

Note that if there is no gaming data that is actually obtained as a result of controlling the operation of the electrical gaming device, the gaming probability calculation means 110 may perform a predetermined calculation based on virtual gaming information that is set in advance as fixed data. A provisional game probability is calculated, and the operation of the game machine control means 108 or the variable display device 11 is controlled based on this game probability. In addition, if the set ratio is not input from the management device 113, a predetermined numerical value stored in advance as fixed data is read out from the game probability calculation means 110, and the number is converted into the set ratio (for example, 100%) and the game Probability (e.g. I/2
0 [1), it is possible to control the operation of the gaming machine control means 108 or the variable display device 11.

” - As a result of controlling the variable display device 11 according to the game probability calculated as described above, the out ball detector 44 and the safe ball detector 4 are used as game data representing game results actually obtained.
Based on the out ball detection information and the safe ball detection information input from 5, the game percentage q pile means 114 performs a predetermined calculation, and calculates the game percentage as the result of the calculation. For example, the game percentage is determined by comparing the number of prize balls to the total number of game balls hit to the game section 7 of the game board 4, and based on this game percentage, the pachinko parlor determines how much the players spend on pachinko games. It is possible to roughly estimate the rewards to players for their investment, and to gain a general understanding of operating income and expenditures. In other words, there is a set percentage to be set in order to control the gaming machine so that a desired gaming percentage can be obtained. ' shall be treated as a numerical value equal to '.

Note that the relationship between the set ratio and the game ratio is not limited to this embodiment, and the relationship between the two can be changed arbitrarily by appropriately determining the calculation power of the game probability calculating means. Furthermore, the game percentage is not limited to the ratio of the number of prize balls to the total number of game balls, but may be anything that can generally grasp the income and expenditure of the pachinko parlor.

The game rate calculated by the game rate calculation means 114 as described in 1-1, the game data that is the detection information of various detectors used to calculate the game rate, and the game data obtained. A game result storage means 115 is provided which stores a data group consisting of a set percentage, which is gaming machine control data when the game is played, as performance data, and stores the performance data in a performance data storage area. For example, this game result storage means 115 has a storage capacity (total of 26 bytes) shown in Table 2, which includes performance data as one record, and stores performance data for a maximum of 30 records. It is assumed that the system has a performance data storage area of .

In this embodiment, this game result storage means 115 is
It is composed of EPROM 79 and RAM 80, and various game data input from various detectors are stored in RA.
Rather than storing it in the game data storage area of M80, it is updated sequentially, and when a predetermined condition described later is met, the game data is stored in the RAM.
The performance data accumulated in 80 is stored in the EEPROM 79, and when the performance data is accumulated in the performance data storage area of all 30 records, the performance data stored in the performance data storage area where the performance data stored first is stored. Game result storage means 1 by storing the latest performance data
The accumulated data in 15 or the old performance data are sequentially updated to the latest performance data.

Note that the method of updating the accumulated data in the game result storage means 115 is not limited to this embodiment. For example, the method of updating the accumulated data in the game result storage means 115 is not limited to this embodiment. The latest track record data may be stored in the data storage area, and the track record data may be updated for each set ratio.

The gaming percentage calculated by the gaming percentage calculation means 114 is the gaming probability correction 11-L stage 1 of the gaming machine control data setting section 109.
11, and the game probability correction means 111 inputs the setting ratio used as the gaming equipment control data and the game ratio calculation means 11.
4 or extended game percentage or R predetermined calculation, game 1
1. A game probability calculation means (6 is modified 11-) for causing the game equipment control means 108 to control the operation of the variable display device 11 so that the Il number approaches the set divisor ←J. ], 10 The predetermined calculation is based on the gaming probability calculated by 2 (0). By supplying the probability modifying means 111, the game equipment control means 108 sets the game g rate, which is control data for controlling the game.

Therefore, each time the game probability is corrected by the game probability correction means 111, the number of games and publications obtained from the actual game data approaches the number of 1 publications, and the management device 113 As soon as there is a change in the set ratio, the game probability is modified by the modification step 111, and the set ratio is realized by this cumulative learning.
- it is possible to approach the optimal gaming probability.

Therefore, since the nail adjustment etc. is different from that of a pachinko machine, it is not possible to achieve the set divisor with +g when the operation of the variable display device 11 is controlled using the game probability calculated by the game probability calculation means 110 according to a predetermined calculation method. Even if it is possible, the game probability is cumulatively modified so that the game rate obtained in the pachinko machine in question approaches the set rate as much as possible (to obtain the optimal game probability for playing). u■ Becomes Noh.

External adjustment request means 112 is 1-game probability correction means 11
1, the set ratio used when the game probability calculation means 110 calculates the gaming probability supplied to the gaming equipment control means 108 for controlling the operation of the variable display device 11, and the gaming data based on the set ratio. It is compared with the gaming percentage calculated by the game percentage calculation means 114, and it is determined whether or not the set percentage is within a correctable error range, and the gaming percentage can be corrected. If the error range exceeds the error range, the operation of the variable display device 11 is controlled. As well as transmitting an external adjustment request signal to request the pachinko machine 1 to adjust the angle of the nail IO etc. from the outside to the equipment saving devices ``11'' and 3,
Activating the external adjustment display stage comprising the desired display means.

Therefore, after 11 days of adjustment of the game probability by the game probability correction means 111, the game percentage approaches the set percentage (if it is thought that the game probability is not good or not, the pachinko machine 1 It is essential to take a prompt response to the situation.

In this embodiment, the data collection process described later is used to determine whether or not the set percentage and the game percentage are within a correctable error range, and it is determined that the game percentage exceeds the error range. In this case, the external adjustment request signal 1 is sent to the saving device 113 by sending the external adjustment request code 1 to the transmission buffer.

In addition, the external adjustment display means lights up or blinks various decorative lamps etc. provided on the pachinko machine 1 as appropriate, or lights or blinks external adjustment request display lamps provided at appropriate locations on the pachinko machine 1. By using a visual display means such as a display, it becomes possible for pachinko parlor employees to clearly identify the pachinko machine that has requested external adjustment when performing external adjustment. This will help prevent human errors such as making external adjustments to a pachinko machine that has not been properly adjusted.The external adjustment display stage is not limited to a luminous display, but may be a mechanical one. A movable member operated by a drive source may be provided at a suitable location of the pachinko machine 1, and by operating the movable member, it may be possible to distinguish the pachinko machine that has requested external adjustment from other pachinko machines.

The game probability calculation means 110 is equipped with a performance data selection means 116, and as the electrical control device 43 continues to control the game, the performance data is accumulated in the game result storage means 115, and the management device When the set percentage is input from the management device 113, the performance data selection stage 116 (1) operates. It is determined whether or not the data exists, and if the corresponding performance data exists, the game probability calculation means 110 selects the performance data that yields the gaming percentage closest to the set percentage and calculates the gaming probability of the performance data. It supplies the

That is, simply the game probability calculation means 110 or the management device 11
The variable display device is displayed on the gaming machine control means 108 based on the gaming probability calculated based on the gaming percentage calculated from the gaming data that is the actual gaming result, rather than the gaming probability calculated based on the set percentage input from step 3. 11, the game probability calculation means 110 calculates the game probability every time a new set percentage is input from the management device 113.
It is not necessary to cumulatively modify the game probability by the game probability correction means 111, and it is possible to set a game probability that can realize a desired set ratio in an extremely short time.

In this embodiment, when the performance data is stored from the RAM 80 to the EPROM 78, the game probability corrected by the game probability correction means 111 based on the game data is stored in the performance data storage area along with other performance data. Therefore, based on the gaming percentage in the performance data selected by the performance data selection means 116, the gaming machine is controlled using the gaming probability in the performance data without having the game probability calculation means 110 calculate the gaming probability again. It is assumed that the means 108 controls the game of the variable display device 11.

As mentioned above, the one-chip microcomputer 6
The gaming machine control means 108, the gaming machine control data setting section 109, the game percentage calculation means 114, and the game result storage means 115 provided in 2 function in a mutually related manner. It is possible to control the gaming equipment so that the gaming percentage approaches the set percentage set by the pachinko parlor without being influenced by individuality, and also to bring the gaming percentage closer to the set percentage by changing the setting of the gaming probability. It is possible to make an extremely useful pachinko machine l equipped with an electric control device 43 that can determine whether or not it is possible.

Note that the gaming equipment control means 108 and gaming equipment control data setting section 1 provided in the one-chip microcomputer 62
09, game probability calculation means 110, game probability correction means 11
1. External adjustment requesting means 112, game percentage calculation means 114
The performance data selection means 116 is constructed by a CPU 81 having an arithmetic processing function and an EPROM 78 which permanently stores basic control commands, etc., which function together.

Further, in this embodiment, the game probability calculation means 110 is provided with a performance data selection means 116, and when the performance data is stored in the game result storage means 115 and the management device 113 selects a new set percentage. The performance data selection means 116 may be operated only when the data is input, or the performance data selection means 116 may be operated by the game probability calculation means 110.
In addition, an operation selection unit is separately provided to selectively operate the first stage of game probability calculation 110 or the performance data selection means 116 based on various conditions such as the accumulated amount of performance data, and the operation selection unit is set. The game probability calculation means 110 or the performance data selection means 116 may be configured to operate appropriately in response to a change in the setting of the divisor, and the game probability can be determined using the performance data accumulated in the game result storage means 115. The configuration for calculation is not limited to the above embodiment.

Next, the configuration of the one-chip microcomputer 62 for performing data transmission processing and communication processing will be explained in the 18th section.
This will be explained in detail with reference to the block diagram shown in the figure.

Similar to the configuration for data collection processing described above, variable display device 1
A game machine control data setting unit 1 that supplies game probability as control data to a game machine control means 108 that controls the operation of the game machine 1.
09, a game rate calculation means 114 that calculates a game rate from game data obtained through game control by the game equipment control means 108, and a game result storage means 115 that accumulates performance data. , various signals inputted from the external barrel management device 113 as appropriate to the gaming equipment control means], 08 and the gaming equipment control data setting unit 109
A communication means 11.7 is provided for controlling the operation in accordance with control signals input from the management device 113.

1 communication stage Y] 17 spontaneously transmits the number of special game occurrences and the number of trials until the special game occurs to the management device 113 as special game occurrence data when a 4ν different game occurs in a predetermined game state. The data is sent to. By receiving this special game generation data, the information device 113 can know that the pachinko machine 1 is in a special game state.

Note that the number of trials is the number of times variable display is performed by the first to 311th variable display sections 12a to 12c of the variable display 12. Specifically, the number of trials is the number of times variable display is performed by the first to 311th variable display sections 12a to 12c of the variable display 12.
With the game ball winning on 18, j + (transformation display)
When the auxiliary game that operates the RJF conversion display 12 of II is started, the first to third 'D'f conversion tables, bar parts 12a to
12c i'i) After starting the small variable table, stop all of the first to third variable display sections 12a to 12c after an appropriate time, and then stop all of the first to third variable display sections 12a to 12c. Part 12a~
], 2 The process of determining whether or not a special mode has been formed based on the display contents of c is called "one trial", and this process is applied to the digital processing in the case process described later. 1'I.

In addition, the communication means 117 that has received the game result request signal issued from the management device 113 may, for example,
The latest performance data accumulated in 15 is transferred to management device 11.
3, and then when receiving the game result request signal j, first send it to 1. Send new performance data after Shitao & 1 data. That is, each time a game result request signal is manually input from the management device 113, the data is sequentially transmitted from the newest to the oldest. In addition, after transmitting performance data in response to a game result request signal, if new performance data is accumulated and then receiving a game result request signal, the new performance data is first transmitted, and then the next result data is accumulated. When the game result request message J- is received, the performance data that has already been sent will not be transmitted, but the performance data that was accumulated before the transmitted performance data will be transmitted, and it will be forwarded to the management device 113. This is to avoid retransmitting performance data.

and,? 6. Game equipment control command No. 41 issued from the control device 113, such as "second stroke signal" and "first stroke release 4-r"
``i J ':'; If the answer is 1, the gaming equipment control means 108, which controls the operation of various electrical gaming equipment, based on the corresponding gaming equipment jjlj control command signal For example, the gaming machine control means 108 to which the 11th stroke signal is input displays the 1st stroke display section 13 provided in the variable display device 11 to display the 1st stroke, and also displays a stop signal (not shown). The ball stopping process is executed by disabling the ball mechanism of the game ball which has been hit. At the same time, the game ball ball mechanism is made operable to execute the stop release process.

In other words, when the pachinko machine 1 is set to "stop" or "release stop", the pachinko machine must execute the stop processing or the stop release process, and then the pachinko parlor clerk or human operator can There is no need to display a no-stop display on the pachinko machine.In addition, the ``2-note stop processing and the stop-cancellation process'' will be performed in the data transmission process described later.
If you receive the message "to" or "to cancel call 1", the "I-me flag""to send to 1" or "to cancel call 1" is received.
It is assumed that this is done by sending the command to link 1.

Furthermore, the first communication stage that received a new setting ratio, which is a control data setting change command signal issued from the management device 113],
17 supplies the new set ratio to the gaming equipment control data setting unit 109 which calculates the gaming probability as gaming equipment control data based on this new set ratio. By being supplied with the set percentage, the gaming machine control data setting unit 109
The game probability calculation means 110 or the performance data selection means 116 operates, and the performance data selection means 116 or the performance data selection means 116 reversely stores the performance data suitable for realizing the set percentage in the game result storage means 115. The game is controlled based on the game probability in the performance data, and if there is no suitable performance data, the game probability calculation means 110 calculates the game probability according to the set ratio using a predetermined calculation method. That is, when changing the set percentage as the gaming machine control data, there is no need for the pachinko parlor clerk or manual operation to change the settings of the electrical control device 43 of the pachinko machine I.

In this way, by providing the communication r stage 117 in the one-chip microcomputer 62, bidirectional communication is possible between the pachinko machine 1 and the management device 113.
When the predetermined special game state is reached, the management device 11 voluntarily transmits special game occurrence data regarding the occurrence of the special game.
3, and when a game result request signal is input from the management device 113, predetermined performance data is read from the game result storage means 115 and transmitted to the management device 113.
The data collected by the electrical control device 43 and also required by the management device 113 include the number of trials, the number of special game occurrences, the number of continuations, the number of safe balls detected, the number of out balls detected, and the first The number of times the starting switch is turned on, the number of times the second starting switch is turned on, the number of times the third starting switch is turned on,
Regarding the number of consecutive winning balls and the number of winning balls in the variable winning device,
There is no need to obtain data from a detector provided separately from the various detectors provided for data collection of the electrical control device 43. Moreover,
The game probability and game percentage obtained through calculation processing within the electrical control device 43 are also stored in the management device 1 as performance data.
13, there is no need to perform +11 processing on the gaming data within the management device 113, making it possible to collect information efficiently.

Furthermore, by transmitting an 11th stroke signal, a stop cancellation signal, and a control data setting change command signal from the management device 113 to the pachinko machine concerned, an electrical gaming device corresponding to the command content of each signal is transmitted. Since it is possible to directly issue commands such as controlling the operation of the controller and changing the settings of the game probability for controlling the variable display device 11, it is possible to prevent human errors that may occur if the command contents are performed manually. It is possible to prevent 1-Rahul from occurring between pachinko parlors and players due to these mistakes.

Note that the communication means 117 includes an input control circuit 84, an output control circuit 85, a serial control circuit 91, a CPU 81 having an arithmetic processing function, an E P ROM 78 for fixedly storing basic control commands, etc. It is assumed that the system is constructed by mutually functioning.

Next, the outline of the control flow in each process shown in FIG. 15 will be explained using flowcharts shown in FIGS. 19 to 46.

Fail processing is activated when the power supply voltage supplied to the one-chip microcomputer 62 drops below a predetermined value due to power off or an unexpected accident, and it is impossible to retain the contents of the RAM 80, which is a volatile memory. In this case, when saving the collected data in the EPROM 78, which is the collected data stored in the RAM 80, first specify the safe address that specifies the performance data storage area in the EPROM 78 to store the collected data. Calculate and safe the collected data to the performance data storage area corresponding to the safe address. Then, it is determined whether all the performance data (26 bytes) have been safe or not, and if the data is not safe, the collected data is saved again.

After the fail processing is executed, the CPU 8 will go down, so you cannot perform other processing until the power supply voltage returns to the normal state.When the power supply voltage returns to the specified value, , logic power is supplied from the power supply monitoring circuit 76, and the system is initialized in the same manner as when the power is turned on as described above.

In addition, if the power supply necessary for holding the memory of the RAM 80 is cut off, the memory pad written in the memory pad writing area during system initialization will be destroyed, so the command included in the basic control command in the EPROM 78 will be destroyed. Since the content has changed to a different one from the memory pad writing data, it can be determined that the storage content in the RAM 80 has been destroyed. In this game, the memory contents of RAM80 were destroyed by external noise.
↓1, etc., 45C is also effective for detecting the above state, and serves as a baking soda judgment ftJi element for evaluating the memory contents of the RAM 80.

Timer processing +: t: l Timer for each ms>'A output that is activated and outputs various control signals to the variable display device J1 and variable winning device 14, and outputs various transmission signals to the management device 113. Processing and collection of inspection information from various detectors, saving equipment fj I
Mainly performs input processing for i.

The interrupt timer for starting the timer process is initialized when the timer process is started, and when 1 mS has elapsed after the timer process is started, the output timer process is started.

And 1. After initializing the interrupt timer described above, I
The output process starts with the variable display device 1 of the variable display device J1.
2. Variable display light emitting body 25-... barrel L E
Turn off D to turn off the light, and add the lighting lines for display on the variable display 12.
The pointer is updated, and the data is taken out to the Sefmen 1 corresponding to the pointer.

Next, it is determined whether or not the pachinko machine 1 is designed to commit fraud, and if it is found to be malfunctioning, it outputs light-off information for not outputting lighting information to the variable display 12 to prevent fraud. This outputs the section I-data for lighting up the J1 display device to a predetermined output control circuit 85. It should be noted that the determination as to whether this is fraudulent or not is determined based on the "Fraud Occurrence Flag" that is sent to Sera 1 when a fraudulent status fE is detected in the Fraud Processing within the Case Processing described later.

1- After performing the output processing to the variable display unit 12, the output data to the various electrical game devices arranged on the game board 4 of the variable prize winning device 14' are outputted to the corresponding output boards 1 to 1. Output to control circuit 85.

When the output processing is finished, various delay timers used in the communication processing, data transmission processing Jll, and case processing (described later) are updated, and after this update, the input processing delay timer is set to 2 mS or not. is cut off by r-11, and if 2 mS has not yet elapsed, the timer processing is terminated.
At the time of this judgment, 2 mS has elapsed and manual processing is performed. In addition, updating the day delay timer in this case means increasing the count up of various delay timers or changing the range from 1 to 1 m5ilf to 1m5ilf? For example, each time the timer process is started, by repeating the process to the cell 1- and reset 1 of a predetermined frame, it is possible to determine the state of the frame and the timing when the timer starts counting. When the values become the same, it is determined that 2 mS has elapsed.

In manual processing, the first
Third starting switch 15a to 15C, continuous winning ball detector 3
5. Read the detection information of people from the prize winning number detector 36, perform the processing to remove the chi\talink of Jinkai No. 13, which is the detected information, and then remove the chi\ta link of the person Kai No. 13, which is the detected information, and then
One piece of detection information is read from the ball detector 44 and the safe ball detector 45, and a link removal process is performed on these pieces of detection information.

Chatter link removal of various detection information read from various camera switches and collection switches J'1 (SWI
In N), first remove the chatter link in the level change 1 blue of the input belief -, and store the human power (iT ``r'' after removing the chi\-ta link in a format that can be used in other processes 1 + f). In other words, the current logical state (judgment result of human power) is extracted from the input signal after the chita link has been removed, and the current state (signal level which is the physical state of human power 4i:';""j) and the AC Diff state are extracted. (Input (=j ”S
r level change) in the case processing area of RAM80.
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After the end of input processing, the delay timer for input processing is reset by setting the 2mS elapsed time, and the delay timer for input processing is reset to 2mS.
Starts the time and ends the timer processing.

Communication processing is to send and receive data to and from the management device 113, and includes special game start data associated with the occurrence of special games, etc., and transmission interruptions for voluntary transmission of data due to irregularities. It is further determined whether there is any data to be transmitted without transmitting it to the management device 113, and if these conditions are satisfied, transmission processing is performed. Next, management device 1
It is determined whether or not there is a receive interrupt based on receiving various data signals (stop code, stop cancel code, performance data request code, set division number) issued from 13, and if there is a receive interrupt, After performing the reception process, the communication process ends.

Sending 1: In processing, first, the storage address where the sending data is stored in the sending buffer, which is temporarily stored, is calculated from the read pointer set in advance, and the storage address is calculated from the read pointer set in advance. The transmission data stored in the addresses is taken out and output to the serial control circuit 91 which is the output port of the communication means 117. The transmission data output to the serial control circuit 91 is output to the management device 113 via the serial output terminal 92. Then, the number of data items is updated by subtracting l''' from the number of data items to be output, and finally, the read pointer for calculating the storage address is updated, and the next transmission interrupt is used to perform the transmission process. The storage address in which the data is stored is updated.The data to be sent by this sending process will be sent by the special game occurrence data sending (8 process or illegal data sending process) during the data transmission process, which will be described later. It is registered at a predetermined storage address in the buffer.

During reception processing, the reception data inputted from the management device 113 to the serial control circuit, which is a human-powered board, of the communication means 117 via the serial input terminal 90 is read, and the storage area is stored in the reception buffer that temporarily stores the reception data. It is determined whether there is space in the storage area, and if there is no space in the storage area, the reception processing is temporarily terminated, and the received data is not stored until the reception buffer becomes free.

If it is possible to store the received data in the reception buffer, calculate the storage address of the received data from a preset write pointer, safe the received data in the storage area corresponding to this storage address, and add "1" to the number of received data items. The number of data is updated by adding the data, and the write pointer used to calculate the storage address to safe the next received data is updated.In addition, in this reception process, the various received data (output data) registered in the receive buffer are updated. 11-Meko 1
. . . , stop cancellation code, performance data request code, and set division number) are analyzed in the data transmission process described later, and processing corresponding to each signal code is performed as appropriate.

Data transmission processing is performed by a system timer or 2m54i.
The transmission processing during the communication process sends the transmission data to be sent to the management device 113 to the transmission buffer, and also sends the reception data issued from the management device 113 (stop code, stop cancellation code, Analyzes the actual data request code, set percentage) and performs control processing according to the received command.

When the data transmission process is started, the various detectors (SW
), and also determines whether or not it is a special game start operation based on the presence/absence of a special game start fluff set in the digital processing described later, and if a special game has occurred, sends special game occurrence data. Processing is performed, and further, it is determined whether or not fraud has occurred in the continuous winning ball detector 35, winning number detector 36, etc., and if there is fraud, ff data transmission processing is performed.

When determining the input of various detectors, first start switch 1
5a, second starting switch 15b, third starting switch 15
c. A RAM 80 that performs input determination for the continuous winning ball detector 35, winning ball detector 36, out ball detector 44, and safe ball detector 45, and stores the detected information of the detector if there is any detected information. The game data is updated by adding 1 to the count number of the corresponding counter in the data collection area, and when the input judgment of all detectors is completed, the active input signal stored in the input processing of the timer processing is Clear the status ``Standing'' Nikari Edge Information''.

In the special game generation data transmission process, it is first determined whether or not there is a storage area for storing the information in the transmission halafah, and if there is no space in the storage area, the special game generation data is not transmitted. The storage area that can store the information is "Jackpot code 1'J" which indicates the occurrence of a special game.
, "Testial rotation number" which is the number of trials performed from the occurrence of the previous special game to the occurrence of the current special game, and "Number of occurrences of the special game" are stored in the storage area of the transmission buffer. It is registered as transmission data to the device 113. Furthermore, the "jackpot operation start flag" attached during the case processing (described in detail later) with the occurrence of the special game is cleared.

No 11. □ Even during processing, game data will be sent by L storage. 1. Similarly to the process, it is first determined whether there is a storage area to store the information, and if there is no storage area, the process of transmitting the fraudulent data is not performed.

\ is also a storage area that can store the information.It is a storage area that can store the information. "Status code" is registered in the transmission buffer. moreover,
Clears the ``Fraud'' flag that was set to ``1~'' during Chem processing due to the occurrence of fraud.

In addition, when registering each transmission data in the transmission buffer in the special game generation data transmission process and illegal data transmission process described in , the write address of the storage area where the transmission data is stored is calculated from the write pointer determined by f. , saves each transmission data in the storage area corresponding to this address, updates the number of data, and updates the write pointer.

In data transmission processing? 6. Sending to the management device 113 When the 1-1 processing is completed, the received data stored in the receive buffer is retrieved. That is, by the reception process during the above communication process, it is determined whether or not the received data is registered in the C reception buffer, and if the received data is registered, the storage address of the received data is calculated from the read pointer, and the corresponding The received data is extracted from addresses 1 to 1 and the data count and read pointer are updated.

Then, whether the command 1~ of the received data transmitted from the management device 113 is "Abort call 1" J, "To cancel cancel call 1", or "Actual data request code 1~". , determine whether it is a new “setting percentage” and
When receiving "I-me coat", discontinue processing; when receiving "1 discontinue call l~", discontinue discontinuation processing; when receiving "results data request coat", perform performance data transmission processing; when receiving "setting percentage", set discontinuation processing. Perform memory processing for each divisor.

In the stopping process when receiving a stopping coat, the ``second shot flapper'' is set and the corresponding flag is set, so that the 11th shot display section 13 provided on the variable display device 11 is displayed.
In addition to displaying the second hit and stopping the game ball mechanism, the collected data in the RAM 80 is
E P ROM 79 2 fortune-telling.

In the process of canceling the cancellation, first, it is determined whether the EEPROM 79 that stores the performance data as the game results is normal or not. If the EEPROM 79 is not normal, the registration area of the EEPROM 79 that is the storage area for the performance data is initialized and fixed in advance. ] / 200 is the game probability, 100% is the set percentage, and each RAM is stored as data.
80 collected data storage area. And -1
- By resetting the stoppage flag that was set to 1 in the memory 1 resetting process, the state is restored to a state where normal game control can be performed.

Also, if EEPROM79 is determined to be normal,
It is determined whether or not the set division number has been received as the reception data issued from the management device 113, and if the set division number has been received, the number of times the set division number has been received is determined by the communication processing described above. In the storage process, the set percentage reception flag that is set during the storage process is reset, and it is determined whether or not there is a game percentage in the collected data storage area of the RAM 80.

Here, if there is a gaming percentage, when registering the game data based on the new set percentage as new performance data, it is necessary to register the actual data before the setting percentage changed in the EEPROM 79. In order to avoid data being erased by
The optimal gaming probability for the set ratio is calculated from a plurality of performance data groups accumulated in the ROM 79, and the new gaming probability and the new set ratio are stored in the collected data storage area of the RAM 80 initialized by the process described in -1-. Set. and,
The flag is reset on the first hit so that normal game control can be performed.

Also, check whether the new set percentage has been received or whether the gaming percentage has been received.
If it is not in the collection take storage area of AM80, the EEP
The performance data last stored in the ROM 79 is copied as the latest data to the collected data storage area of the RAM 80, and the set ratio of the performance data copied in the collected data storage area is replaced with the set ratio received from the management device 113. As described above, the game probability is calculated based on the performance data group, and this new game probability is set in the collection data storage area. Then, the second flag is reset so that normal game control can be performed.

If a new set percentage is not received from the nursing/management device 113, it is first determined whether or not the gaming percentage is in the collection take storage area of the RAM 80, and if there is a set percentage. After copying the latest take from the EEPROM 79 to the collected data storage area, change the registration area for registering the new collected data as actual data in the EEPROM 79 so that the actual data before the setting ratio change is not erased by rewriting. Then, a new game probability is calculated from the performance data group in the EPROM 78 based on the set ratio in the copied performance data, and this game probability is set in the collected take storage area. Then, the stoppage flag is reset so that normal game control can be performed.

In addition, if there is no set percentage or game percentage input from the management device 113, the performance data last stored in the EEPROM 79 is copied to the collected data storage area of the RAM 80 as the latest data, and the settings in the performance data are It is assumed that the game equipment is controlled by the division number and the game division number. Then, the stoppage flag is reset so that normal game control can be performed.

These processes are performed by the game probability calculation means 110 described above, and the collected data in the RAM 80 is not used when canceling the stop, but the actual data written from the RAM 80 to the EEPROM 79 when the "stop" process is performed is used. is read in again, and the gaming probability in the performance data is used as control data for controlling gaming equipment, or gaming data is continuously collected.

However, due to damage to the memory contents of the EEPROM 79, the EEPROM 79 is
If the "setting percentage" and "gaming probability" are not stored in the performance data written in the EPROM 79, a predetermined value rl/20 is stored in advance as fixed data.
0. , rlO, are registered in the collected data storage area in the RAM 80, and the operation of the variable display device 11 is controlled based on these.

Here, a specific example of the "virtual game data" stored in the EPROM 78, the number of sides set above, and the initial setting values of the game probability will be explained.

For example, let us assume that the business hours at a pachinko parlor are 10 hours, and assume that the operating rate, which is the degree to which the pachinko machine 1 is used during business hours, is [70% (0,7)J.
When the ball is used, the number of game balls thrown into the game section 7 per minute (number of safe balls detected, ten out balls detected) is assumed to be 100 balls/minute, and one special game occurs. Assuming that the number of prize balls that the player gets by doing this is 1,300 balls per round, the number of trials, which is the number of times the auxiliary game occurs by winning in the first to third starting slots 16 to 18, is 4.5. Assume that the number of times per minute is J.

Based on these virtual data, first of all, the relevant pachinko machine 1 is
If we roughly estimate the total number of game balls that are hit inside the game club, we get: 10xO, 7x60x100 = 42000 [hours] [
%1 [minute 1 [pieces J [pieces J] are fired.

Next, when the game probability -+< is set to 1/2 old), the occurrence of games by cat in J3 in [1] [If the number of Fil is roughly estimated, Kai11 is obtained.

From the number of occurrences of the first special game calculated in this way, 1
In 1-1, the approximate number of pitches t'v that a player catches when a special game occurs] is 300x9. 45=12285 [pieces/indentation 1 [times/+1] [pieces/day] can be obtained.

In addition, when the number of prize balls for one winning ball is 13, the calculation formula for the game percentage according to this example (4) is expressed as In order to do so, [safe pitch number It is not easy to specify because it largely depends on the number and position of the various winning prizes 8, the arrangement of the nails 10, etc.

However, the pachinko machine 1 used in this example
For 42000-12285=29715 [I H1 [I V41 r I V4], it will be the number of prize balls given by I11, or a reasonable number of prize balls that can be obtained other than the occurrence of special games, and the set ratio is 10; , Jl is the gaming probability]/200.

In this way, if the collected data registered in the EEPROM 79 has been destroyed, the initial control data set in this way will be used to restart data collection after cancellation. .

Note that when the power is turned on in the initial state, the EEPROM
There is no collected data stored in 79, so the management system ff
, 113, if the set percentage cannot be changed manually, initial control data is similarly set to control the operation of the electrical game machine.

Also, a game probability calculation method will be described in the case where performance data is not stored in the EEPROM 79 or a new set percentage is manually entered from the management unit a 113.

Since the game rate before changing to the new set rate has not been accumulated, the 1-friend constant rate r 10 in the fixed data is 1.
11 Let J be the number J+'i Fji :', il
II.1 The total number of game balls thrown into the game section of the pachinko machine 1 is roughly estimated to be 42,000 balls/day.

Here, for example, the "new set ratio" manually input from the management device 113 is "'A'', and the "safe pitch number" and "out pitch number" that can realize this new set ratio "A" are s," and "Ol", respectively, and "temporarily profited gaming percentage (1
0%)” to °B゛, “Safe number of pitches” that can achieve “B”
and "Ara 1 - number of pitches" as ""s2"," respectively.
o. ”′, the following relational expression holds true.

Here, when calculating the double division numbers "A' and "B", it is assumed that the total number of game balls bounced into the game section is equal, and r
If Sl+O,=S2+02=42000 J,
The above formula can be rearranged as follows.

(A-B) x x42000= (S, -8,
, )xl:1 In this equation, the right side [i' (S, -8
,,) This is the amount of change in the number of prize balls that increases or decreases as the set percentage changes.

Therefore, the number of prize balls to be changed in order to realize a new set ratio can be obtained.

By dividing this "number of prize balls to be changed" by the number of prize balls discharged in one special game (1300), you can find out how many special games the number of prize balls to be changed corresponds to. It will be done.

That is, the number of occurrences of the special game to be changed in order to adjust the increase/decrease in the number of prize balls to be changed in accordance with the change in the set ratio is obtained by l 300 .

Therefore, by adding the "hypothetical number of special game occurrences" (9, 45), which is a preset value, to the "number of special game occurrences to be changed" calculated as above, the new number can be changed. It is possible to determine the number of special game occurrences required to achieve the set percentage. Then, by dividing the number of times this special game occurs by the number of trials, the game probability for realizing the new set ratio is calculated.

That is, The desired playing probability is It is possible to ask as follows.

In this way, by using preset virtual game data, even if no performance data is stored in the EEPROM 79, the game probability of achieving the new set percentage input from the management device 113 can be increased. is calculated.

If a new set percentage is received along with the cancellation cancellation code, the performance data registered at the time of cancellation processing or the EEP
If it is stored in the ROM 79, the game probability may be calculated based on the performance data read from the EEPROM 79 without using virtual game data.

Note that the game probability calculation method described in "-" is just an example, and the game probability calculation method is not limited to these.

When performing performance data transmission processing when a performance data request code is received, it is first determined whether or not there is a transmission buffer to store a batch of performance data for transmission, and whether or not the transmission buffer is free or not. does not perform performance data transmission processing. If there is a transmission buffer that can store the information for the performance data transmission request, it transmits the performance data transmission code which means that the transmission of performance data is in response to the performance data request code 1 issued by the management device 113. At the same time, the performance data to be transmitted to the management device 113 is registered in the transmission buffer.

Then, when all of the record data (26 bytes) for Lecote has been registered in the transmitter, the record data transmission process is terminated.

? i↑When storing the set ratio when a new "set ratio" is received from the management device 113, a set ratio reception flag that indicates that the set ratio has been received is set. Set this setting divisor R
It is temporarily stored in the reception buffer which is the communication area of AM80. The set ratio reception flag set here is used to determine whether or not the set ratio reception memory is stored in the above-mentioned suspension canceling process, and the set ratio stored in the reception buffer is collected in the RAM 80 by the above reception process. Officially registered in the data storage area.

After completing a series of processes based on various commands sent from the management device 113, it is determined whether or not the power-on flag is set due to system initialization processing when the power is turned on, and the power-on flag is set. If it is not set, the data transmission process ends.

If the power-on flag has been set, the power-on flag is reset, and a "game machine control start court transmission request" is transmitted to the management device 113. In other words, in the data transmission process that is performed for the first time after starting up by turning on the power, the power-on flag that was performed during system initialization is set to Fn, and this flag is reset and a gaming machine control start code transmission request is sent. Management device 1, 1.
3 (i-i), it notifies the priest device 113 that the pachinko machine 1 has not been activated to a controllable state.

In addition, in this embodiment, 1M technical equipment control start code 1~
The electrical control device 43 performs the same process as the cancellation cancellation process described above in accordance with the game equipment control start code 1~ sent by the management device 113 that has received the transmission request, and the control device 43 performs the same process as the cancellation cancellation process described above. Psychic setting ratio and M skill accuracy-j
i is specified, and these setting ratios and game probabilities are stored in the collected data storage area of the RAM 80, and the 0 record area when registering the new collected data in the EEPROM 79 is set according to the spirit. change.

In the data collection process, it is first determined whether the total number of safe balls and the total number of alah balls has exceeded "1000", and if the total number has exceeded "l 000", the game percentage is calculated. That is, when the total number of game balls hit in the game section 7 of the pachinko ai reaches one, the game percentage is calculated from the collected data.

Next, it is determined whether the number of trials, which is the number of rotations of the tesital, has reached ``20,000'', and if it is ``more than 200'' times, game probability changing processing and collected data registration processing are performed.

In the game probability change process, for example, when it is determined that the number of trials has reached 20,000, the game percentage stored in the RAM 80 is compared with a preset set percentage,
If the game rate is smaller than the set rate, the game probability is changed to -, and if it is greater than the game rate or the set rate, the game probability is changed to lower.

This game probability changing process is carried out by the above-mentioned game probability modification iE means 1.
1.1 Therefore, the game probability is corrected as follows.

Based on the game data accumulated as performance data during the total number of trials (for example, 20,000 times), the variable winning device is first converted into a second state when a special game occurs; :t
l Calculate the average number of prize balls issued by the winning balls that entered 4.

In other words, the number of times the winning number detector 36 that detects the winning balls that have won in the variable winning device 14 is turned on is stored as Iil number, and the number of winning balls in the 1 variable winning device in the performance data is equalized by the winning balls. By multiplying the "number of prize balls" issued, the total number of prize balls discharged by the winning balls that entered the variable winning device 14 can be determined, and this total number is divided by the number of times the special game is issued. As a result, the average number of prize balls ejected by the winning balls that have won in the variable winning device 14 that has been driven to convert to the second state with the occurrence of one special game (+ri is the "average number of prize balls in the special game") can be calculated.

Next, based on the game percentage calculated from the game data, use the same calculation method as the game probability calculation method described in 1- to calculate the "number of prize balls to be changed" in order to achieve the desired game probability. do. The number of uncounted "This Changing Heki Award" is 1. It can be determined by multiplying the difference between the stage weight division number and the game division number by 01 by the total number of game balls thrown in the gaming section.

” - If the number of occurrences of the special game is increased or decreased in order to increase or decrease the prize balls corresponding to the “number of balls to be changed” obtained as described above, the desired game probability will be achieved. The number of occurrences of the special game to change the game is calculated by dividing the number of prize balls to change by the average number of prize balls that occur in the special game. It comes.

The game probability thus obtained can be obtained by adding the number of occurrences of special games to the number of occurrences of different 4N games to be changed, and dividing this value by the number of trials.

Below 1-1 How to modify the gaming probability - I have explained a specific example.The method to modify the gaming probability is not limited to the one in ``-2, but also sets the gaming percentage based on the performance data that is the actual gaming result. It is sufficient if there is a method that can modify the game probability so that it approaches the divisor.

In addition, the timing when correcting M technique + Compare the gaming percentage calculated when the sum with the total number of ``1000'' and the setting percentage for controlling the gaming machine concerned, and determine whether the difference between this setting percentage and the gaming percentage is large. The configuration may be such that corrective action is performed when there is a difference.

In addition, in the collection take registration process, the registration address for registering the collection data is calculated from the write pointer, and the number of attempts is 20,000 to the actual take collection area corresponding to the calculated registration address. Safe collection takes that exceed the number of times. When all of the takes of lref-1-minute (26 bytes) are safe in the actual take collection area, in order to change the registration address corresponding to the collection take storage area for registering the next collection take. , Registration a) Update the write pointer for Helles calculation.

” - When each process described above is completed, calculate the difference between the set percentage and the game percentage, judge whether this difference is an error range that can be reduced only by changing the settings of the game probability, and calculate the error range. If so, end the data collection process. However, if the difference between the set percentage and the gaming percentage exceeds the preset error range, the gaming percentage may be brought closer to the set percentage by changing the gaming machine control by changing the gaming probability. Since this is not possible, an external adjustment request code 1- is registered in the transmission buffer. In other words, external adjustments such as nail adjustments can be made on the pachinko machine concerned.
A message is sent to the management device 113 that the set divisor cannot be achieved unless this is done. Although omitted in the flowchart shown in FIG. 38, it is also possible to transmit the external adjustment request code and to operate the external adjustment display-L stage provided in the pachinko machine 1.

-1- In the data collection process in the embodiment described above, when changing the game probability when the number of trials exceeds 20,000 times, the collected data registration process is also performed, or a predetermined When the conditions of E are met,
It may be configured such that it is registered in the record record t0 area of the EPROM 79. In this way, by accumulating performance data as appropriate before correcting the game probability, configuration deviations can also be used as a record of fluctuations in performance data, making it a useful way to accumulate performance data. Ru.

Next, a specific example will be described in which the collected takes collected in the RAM 80 are stored in the performance data record t0 area of the EEPROM 79 during fail processing performed each time the device power is turned on and off.

For example, the virtual data "10'" is stored in the set ratio storage area of record 1, which is the first performance data storage area of the EEPROM 79 immediately after startup, and the virtual take "'1/200" is stored in the game probability storage area of record 1. Store it in advance, and when the pachinko machine is started,
It is assumed that these initial takes are copied to the collected data storage area of RAM 80. If the set percentage is not transmitted from the management device 113, the game equipment is controlled based on the virtual data, as described in detail in the first stroke cancellation process, and the settings issued by the management device 113 are When a divisor is received, the gaming probability selection means 111 calculates a gaming probability to achieve the set divisor, and controls the gaming equipment based on the calculated gaming probability.

In addition, ' for writing and reading to EEPROM79
The registration pointer for specifying the registration area is set in the first yen data storage area when the one-chip microcomputer 62 is started up.

1. Game data ζ collected after being started as described above: 1. When the power to the pachinko machine 1 is cut off,
The set divisor and game probability are stored in the read performance data storage area (records 1 to 1). At this time, RAM80
If the number of ML cuts is accumulated in the collected data, the registration area in the EEPROM 79 is changed to the next performance data storage area (Record 1 to 2). However, if more than 1,000 balls were thrown in the gaming section while the Pajinko machine 1 was in operation, and the game data (according to which the game percentage calculated) is accumulated, , EEPRO uses this collected data as valid performance data.
The collected data that is properly registered in record 1 of M79 and then collected is stored in records 1 and 2.

Then, when the power is turned on again, the actual h11 data is read from record 1-2 where the f:1.0 record pointer is set, and the gaming equipment is controlled based on the performance data. The collected data is stored in the data storage area of the EEPROM 79.

Also, if a new set ratio is input from the management unit + CI-13 when the power is turned on, other performance data stored in the EEPROM 80 is searched and the new set ratio and rotation setting are input. If there is any discrepancy in the performance data collected based on the division number, the performance data is copied to the RAM 80. Then, a new game probability is calculated from this collected data, all data other than the set divisor and 'ifL skill probability in the collected data storage area of the RAM 80 are cleared, and game data is newly collected.

Also, please check the performance data or EEPR that corresponds to the new set percentage.
If it is not stored in the OM79, the game probability is calculated from the performance data read when the power is turned on, and if the number of games is not stored in this performance data,
Game data is continuously collected without updating this performance data. In addition, if the gaming percentage has been accumulated in this performance data, the registration pointer for registering the performance data will be changed so that the performance data before changing the set percentage will not be erased by newly collected data. shall be kept.

In this way, game data based on the same set ratio is sequentially accumulated in multiple performance data storage areas, and the total number of trials in the game data based on the same set ratio exceeds 20,000. As mentioned above, the game probability is newly calculated and changed. In addition, if the set ratio is not changed for a long period of time, the number of trials will increase to 20,000, 40,000, 60,000, etc., and the set ratio will be -)
1 (Is it assumed that the game probability will be corrected multiple times? In such a case, the relevant setting stored in the EEPROM 79 as a game controller for correcting the game probability, 1□
There are cases in which all performance data based on the j number of trials are used, and cases in which only performance data for the latest 20,000 trials are used.

In addition, if the set percentage is changed before the number of trials reaches 20,000, the game probability will not be corrected, or the actual data will be stored in the EEPROM 79. As long as the pachinko machine 1 is set to the set percentage of rehiko, the performance data translation selection means 116 uses the performance data as the performance data when calculating the playing probability for the new set percentage of 9. Since only the data is selected, the data becomes useful when calculating the game probability due to changing the set ratio.

As mentioned above, the error is such that the collected data is registered in the EEPROM 79 every time a predetermined condition (power on/off) is met, and the probability of each winning "1" is determined by changing the game board 111 of Pachinko A1, etc. It can be used as data for adjusting the nails to be adjusted, and it is also possible to obtain information about the operation rate of the pachinko machine 1, which differs for each ■, and the fluctuation situation i3 of the collected data based on the change to this operation.4. .

It should be noted that the nail adjustment associated with game board replacement is usually not performed after a certain amount of time has passed from the time of replacement, and if the collected data of the eye iU is no longer particularly needed, it is necessary to adjust the nails a specified number of times (limited to 20,000 times). E after the number of trials (no)
Until the game probability is corrected after 20,000 trials have been registered, the collected data will be updated continuously, and the collected data will be officially registered. In order to prevent this, the registration conditions for registering the collected data in the RAM 80 in the EPROM 78 may be configured to be able to be changed as appropriate.

The game process, which is started every 2 mS and performs a predetermined sequence process, reads the detection information of various detectors detected and processed by the timer process described above, and controls the gaming equipment according to the winning balls.

In game processing, first, it is determined whether the RAM 80 is normal or not based on memory parameter 1-, which is fixed data written in the memory bat write area in the RAM 80, and the contents of this memory pad are stored as fixed data in the EPROM 78. If the data differs from the data written in the memory bat, the RAM may be damaged due to external noise, etc.
Assuming that the memory contents of 80 are changing, RAM80
detect abnormalities.

If it is determined that there is an abnormality in the RAM 80, the entire storage area of the RAM 80 is cleared, assuming that the data stored in the RAM 80 is unreliable.
If a control signal for controlling gaming equipment is being output during the clearing process, reset all outputs and clear various flags set as unprocessed gaming control memory. Set RAM 80 to the initial state.

Next, the game probability is read from the collected data storage area of the RAM 80, and if it is different from the game probability in the previous game process, the random number that plays a large role in determining the display content of the variable display 12 is reset. , the probability corresponding to the game probability is changed so that the special mode, which is the starting condition for the special game, is formed in the display contents of the variable display sections 12a to 12c of the variable display 12.

Then, the detection information of the various detectors detected and processed by the above-mentioned timer processing is read by the SW (switch) reading process, and it is determined whether the detection information of the various detectors read in this SW reading process is fraudulent. Perform unauthorized processing to do so.

In the SW reading process, first the detection information of the first to third starting switches 15a to 15c stored by the timer process is read, and if a winning ball or winning ball hits any of the starting switches, the starting switch winning number is updated. At the same time, "1' is added to the safe memory. If the safe memory is 4 or more, the safe memory is not added.

Therefore, in a short time 5 to 1st to 3rd starting rows 16 to 18
Even if more than 100 game balls win a prize, the safe memory, which is the record of the auxiliary game start condition performed by operating the variable display device 11, is limited to "4°", so the RAM 8
The total value of "the number of times the first to third start switches are turned on" accumulated in the collected data storage area of 0, and the "number of trials" which is the number of rotations of the Tessital that actually activated the variable display device 11 by the auxiliary game. It may be a different value.

After that, the input judgment of the number of winning balls detector 36, continuous winning ball detector 35, safe ball detector 45, and out ball detector 44 is performed by /2, and if there is an input to each detector, the 'r11 deviation is as follows.
The number of winning balls, the number of continuous winning lines, the number of safe pitches, and the number of out pitches are updated respectively.

When processing fraud, first, it is determined whether or not fraud has occurred in the number of winnings detector 36-.

Here, the winning number detector 36 is a detector that always sends a high level signal to the electrical control device 43 and sends a low level detection signal to the electrical control device '43 only when a winning ball is detected. In the electrical control device 43, the signal input from the winning number detector 36 is inverted to determine the input. If the connection coat connecting the number detector 36 and the electrical control device 43 is disconnected or the connector is disconnected, a high level ("H")
The detection signal (level) continues to be supplied to the one-chip microcomputer 62.

Therefore, the input signal from the winning number detector 36 is "H"
If the detection signal is at H level, it is determined whether the open illegal flag (described in detail later) is set and the oven is not illegal. sets the oven fraud timer for oven fraud determination to cellar 1. Then, when the 51 o'clock time, for example 2 seconds, elapses due to this oven fraud timer, it is assumed that there is an abnormality in the winning number detector 36, and the oven is fraudulent. In addition to setting the open illegal flag to determine that there is an error, the data transfer process described above
A fraud occurrence flag, which is fraud occurrence information for transmitting detection information to the management device 113, is set from cell 1 to .

Furthermore, if the input signal from the winning number detector 36 becomes low level after the oven fraud timer is set, the oven fraud timer is initialized, and if the oven fraud timer is set, the ozone (no ozone) [- flag is reset]. l~
do.

Next, it is determined whether or not a passing fraud monitoring flag set in a special game process to be described later is set,
If the passing fraud monitoring flag is not set, no count failure will occur in the special game processing described later.
It is determined whether E-frac or Sera 1~ has been performed.

If the continuous winning ball detector 35 is turned on during the special game and the passing fraud monitoring flag is set to 1~, first the winning number detector 36 determines whether or not winning balls are detected, and the winning ball is determined. If a ball is not detected i-J, a passing illegal timer is set. If there is no input from the prize winning number detector 36 during the 2 seconds counted by the passage fraud timer, it is assumed that passage fraud has occurred, and a passage stop flag and a fraud occurrence flag are set.

In other words, passing fraud is a fraud that is detected when the winning ball turns on the continuous winning ball detector 35 or does not reach the number of winning balls detector 36 within, for example, 2 seconds, and does not depend on legitimate winning balls. and emit electromagnetic waves of a specific frequency.
It is detected when the continuous winning ball detector 35 is turned on by the 11 act.

In addition, when the winning number detector 36 detects a winning ball during the 2 seconds that the passing fraud timer counts, the passing fraud monitoring flag and the passing stop flag are reset, and the passing fraud timer is initialized.

If the no-count fraud flag is set, the winning number detector 36 determines whether a winning ball is detected or not, and if the winning ball is detected, the no-count fraud flag is reset.

This no-count suspension continues for a predetermined period of time when a special game process is started, which will be described later.
This is a fraud that is detected when no game balls are won in the variable winning device 14 that is opened, and the no-count flag is set and the no-out occurrence flag is also set.

Based on each of the fraud determinations described above, the fraud occurrence flag or the seller l-
If so, it is assumed that the pachinko machine 1 is in a fraudulent state, and a fraudulent display is performed. Incidentally, fraudulent display can be done through visual display means such as lighting or flashing a specific fraudulent display lamp, flashing or lighting various decorative lamps, or converting and displaying a display member displaying a predetermined display content. By doing this appropriately, it is possible to clearly identify the employee at the pachinko point or the pachinko machine 1 where the fraud occurred. Further, instead of displaying a fraudulent display, a fraudulent sound may be emitted so that the display can be audibly identified.

If fraud is detected due to fraudulent processing and the relevant pachinko machine 1 is in a fraudulent state, all causes of fraud will be removed and no other processing will be performed.If all causes of fraud have been removed, Return to the gaming state at the time the cause of fraud occurred.

If there is no fraud or if the cause of fraud has been removed, it is determined whether digital processing as an auxiliary game is in progress, and if digital processing is in progress, the J-third start switch 15a is activated.
It is determined whether there is a safe memory that is a winning memory for ~15c.

Here, if there is a safe memory, the digital processing is started, "1°" is subtracted from the safe memory, and the number of trials is updated.If there is no safe memory, these processes are not performed.

In addition, in this game processing, audio output and display output that is appropriate for each processing content such as auxiliary M techniques and special game processing described later shall be performed as appropriate, and random numbers will be updated every 2 mS when activated. It is.

When digital processing starts, whether special game processing is in progress or not,
and determining whether or not the variable indicator 12 is in a stopping operation,
If neither of these applies, it is determined whether or not the auto-stop specified time has elapsed, and when the auto-stop specified time has elapsed, a random number reading process is performed to determine the symbols to be stopped on the first to third variable display sections 12a to 12c. At the same time, the variable display 12 starts to stop.

Note that in the random number reading process, a random number updated to 2m51+J is read, and based on this random number, the first
~Stop 1 of the third variable display sections 12a to 12c - The design is determined by a predetermined calculation method.

When the stop operation of the variable display 12 is started as described in section 2 above, it is determined that the stop operation is in progress, and a digital stop process is performed.

When performing digital stop processing, first the first variable display section 12
A or stop! It is determined whether or not the vehicle has stopped, and if it is not in a stopped state, the first variable display section 12a at the time of the determination is
It is determined whether the displayed content matches the stop symbol determined by the random number reading process, and if the displayed content is not a stop symbol, the digital stop process is further continued,
The first variable display section 12a is stopped when the display content of the first variable display section 12a matches the stop symbol.

Note that, as described above, the display method of the variable display device 11 in this embodiment is to sequentially update the desired variable display light emitting body 25 using the digit pointer and the safety indicator, and then turn on and display it. Therefore, "stopping the first variable display section 12a" here refers to updating the display without changing the displayed content.

When the first variable display section 12a stops, the second variable display section 1
2b has stopped, and the first variable display section 1
The second variable display section 12b is stopped in the same manner as the stopping operation of step 2a, and then the third variable display section 12c is stopped.

In addition, since the display content of the variable display 12 is updated one after another by the timer process, in the digital stop process, if the updated display content matches the stop symbol, the symbol is stopped. , the time required for the displayed content to match the stop symbol, or the delay time in the stop timing of the first to third variable display sections IZa to 12c.

That is, as shown in the time chart of FIG. 50, when the auto-stop specified time has elapsed from the time when digital processing was started, the display content on the first variable display section 12a is changed to "0", for example, and the second variable display section The display content of 12b is 8"
, when the display content of the third variable display section 12c is "9", the first
The stop symbol on the variable display section 12a is 3", the stop symbol on the second variable display section 12b is 8", the third variable display section 12
If the stop symbol of c is "l'', the first 'j
The display content on the +f change display section 12a is from "0" to "3"
The time it takes to change to ``'' corresponds to the first delay time Ta,
Is the display content at the time when the first variable display section 12a stops?
In the second variable display section 12b, which is 1'', the display content is 8 degrees from 1''.

This corresponds to the second delay time Tb, which is the time it takes for the second
The display content at the time when the variable display section 12b stops is "9"
In the third variable display section 12c, whether the display content is "
The time required for the change from 9" to °l' corresponds to the third delay time Tc.

With this configuration, it is possible to provide an unspecified delay time that cannot be simply predicted, thereby increasing the interest of the pachinko game. In addition, separate from each delay time mentioned above, if you set an appropriate fixed time for each variable display section and set the stop timing by combining the auto stop specified time, the fixed time, and the delay time, it will be possible to prevent accidents by accident. In other words, it is possible to prevent each variable display section from stopping with an extremely small time difference.

By performing the above processing, when all three digits of the display content of the variable display 12 constituted by the first to third variable display sections 12a to 12c are stopped, the digital stop processing is completed and the first to third variable display sections 12a to 12c are stopped. 3 variable display section], 2 fr of a to 12c
It is determined whether it is a jackpot consisting of a +1-1 pattern or a predetermined pattern.

If the ``I'' 11 result of the ``J'' pattern does not correspond to a ``jackpot'', the digital processing is finished and the number of hits to the 1st to 3rd starting switches 1.5 a-15c is stored. It is determined whether the memory is safe or not, and digital processing is started if there is a safe memory (within 1).

If the symbol determination result is "per person", a special game start flag is set and special game processing is started. In addition, the special game start flag set here functions as special game occurrence information, and when this flannel is set to 1~, the special game generation take transmission process in the take transmission process is executed, and the special game start take or save is executed. equipment 11
3.

When starting the special game process, first the variable winning device purchase I
By driving the drive J31 of No. 4, the ball passes [1
The ball receiving door 29, which is in the closed state, is opened to the left and right, and the ball receiving door 29 is driven to be converted to the second state in which winning the ball through the opening 28 is made possible.

Then, among "the elapse of a predetermined operation time (for example, 25 seconds)" or the number of winnings detected by the number of winnings detector 36 or 10 winnings, which is the end condition for one cycle in the special game, The variable prize winning device 114 is held in the second state until the earliest condition is met.

When the first clause 11 described in io is satisfied, the cycle ends, or if the continuous winning ball detector 35 detects a winning ball during this cycle, the special game is started again. This cycle is updated, and this cycle update can be continued up to 10 times, for example.

Below, an outline of the processing during one cycle in the above-mentioned special game will be explained in detail.

At the start of the cycle, it is determined whether or not the drive source 31 of the variable winning device 14 is in the ON state, and immediately after the start of the cycle, the variable winning device 14 in the first state fm is activated.
Drive the drive source 31 to enter the ball passage hole 28 7! r
is converted into a possible second state F1. And the ball passing T=+
Winning number detector 36 that detects winning balls that have won into 28
The number of winning balls detector 3 determines whether or not winning balls have been detected.
If 6 is done manually, ゛'1 is added to the number l of the prize winning counter which counts the number of winning prizes.

Next, it is determined whether or not the currently executed cycle is incremented by the number of continuations 10 times [1] by the count number of the continuation counter. It is determined whether or not the continuous winning ball detector 35, which is an update condition, detects a winning ball. Here, l! !
, is input to the line winning ball detector 35? A non-passing 1F monitoring flag for detecting fraud committed against the detector 35 is performed.

In addition, there is only one valid continuous winning ball in one cycle, and the benefits for continuous winning balls cannot be carried over to the next cycle. Even if the following seven winning balls are detected, in order to avoid performing the above-mentioned processing when detecting continuous winning balls, for example, it is determined whether the continuous lamp is on or not, and the continuous lamp is turned on. If it is determined that condition E is present, the manual determination of the continuous winning ball detector 35 is not performed.

Then, it is determined whether the operation time has ended or not, and if the operation time has not yet passed, it is determined whether the number of winning balls detected by the winning number detector 36 has reached 10.
1'1 Determine whether the end condition of the cycle is satisfied. If the end-r condition is not satisfied, the winning number display 34 and the continuation number display 33 are updated, and the same special game process as described above is performed.

When the end condition of the cycle is satisfied, the drive source 31 of the variable winning device 14 is turned off to return the variable winning device 14 to the first state, and the number of winnings counter is turned off. - Clear the number. In addition, if the end condition of the Nicle is "end of operation time", it is determined whether the number of winning balls, which is the number of winning balls detected by the person prize number detector 36, is "°0", Number of prizes?
If "0°" is found, a no-count fraud flag and a fraud occurrence flag are set, thereby detecting no-count fraud in the above-mentioned fraudulent process.

Next, as a condition for determining the cycle update during the special game, it is determined whether or not the continuation lamp that is turned on when the continuation winning ball detector 35 detects a winning ball is in the on state. If it is on, the continuation lamp is turned off as the cycle is updated, and the number of prizes won and the number of continuations are updated. However, if the continuation lamp is not on, the cycle during the special game is not updated, the count number of the continuation counter is cleared, and the special game process itself is ended.

If the continuous winning ball detector 35 detects a continuous winning ball in each cycle iη, and the number of continuous updates of the cycle during the special game reaches 10 times, “l” is displayed for each cycle update.
Since the count number of the continuation number counter to be added is "10", the input judgment of the continuous winning ball detector 35 is not performed, and only the winning ball is detected by the winning number detector 36,
When the earliest cycle end condition is met, the drive source 31 is turned off so as to return the variable winning device 14 to the first state, and the winning ball number detected by the winning ball number detector 36 during the cycle is determined. If the number is not 0, the continuation count is cleared and the special game process ends.

The above-mentioned case processing is one specific example, and when determining the symbol of the variable display 12 in digital processing, the adjacent variable display section (for example, the first variable display section 12a)
When the display contents of the second variable display section 12b) and the second variable display section 12b) match, it is considered a "small hit", and a game process different from the special game (
For example, if the variable prize winning device 14 is configured to convert and drive to the second state for a very short period of time, it is possible to further enhance the interest of the pachinko game.

In addition, in this embodiment, various game information can be cumulatively stored in the non-volatile EEPROM 79 as performance data, or if the configuration is such that backup power can be constantly supplied to the RAM 80 even when the power is turned off, the game Various data collected in RAM 80 inside can be stored in RAM as is.
80, there is no need to take the time to rewrite the collected data to another method through fail processing or the like.

<Effects of the Invention> As described in 1-1 above, according to the present invention, when the first identification means or the second identification means made operable by the control operation selection means identifies a proper input signal, It is only possible to write basic control commands to the control data storage means or to read the contents stored in the control data storage means, unless an appropriate input signal is input to identify whether it is the first or second identification means. , it is not possible to read out the basic control commands stored in the control data storage means, nor to add quantities to the basic control commands and store them in the control data storage means.

Further, only when the third identification means, which is set to the operable state 1r by the control operation selection means, identifies a proper input signal, it is possible to write the startup control command to the variable data storage means. The number of activation control commands cannot be executed unless a proper input signal is input.

Moreover, by executing the startup control command by the startup control command execution means, the basic control command written in the variable data storage means becomes executable, and the startup control command itself is erased from the fluctuation data storage means. In addition, when the control operation selection means cannot select a control operation and the basic control command becomes executable, writing to and reading from the control data storage means or the variable data storage means is possible. By selectively operating the first and second identification means, it becomes impossible to read the basic control command from the control data storage means or to rewrite the basic control command. In addition, by erasing the activation control command from the fluctuation data storage means, it becomes impossible for the activation control command execution means to execute the activation control command again, and the fluctuation take in the game process of the pachinko game is stored. The storage capacity of the variable storage means is increased.

Therefore, 11 of the basic control instructions for normal game control
When reading, the first and second identification stages must each identify appropriate human input signals, and activate the basic control commands described in 2. When writing a control command, it is necessary to identify the third identification means or an appropriate human input signal, and the basic control command can be executed by causing the start control command execution means to execute the start control command. In this state, it becomes impossible to select one control operation by the control operation selection means, and therefore it becomes impossible to read or rewrite basic control commands from the control take storage means.

Even if Nagisa has advanced knowledge of branch techniques,
If the first identification means, the second identification means, and the third identification device do not know the correct person to identify the stage, they will not be able to read out or change the basic control command or startup control command, and will not be able to start the system. If the basic control command becomes executable by executing the control command, it becomes impossible to select any control action by the control action selection means. In fact, it becomes impossible for the game parlor to store data in the R stage, read C uncontrolled data, add additional writing, etc.
It is possible to make a pachinko machine extremely useful in reducing the number of electrical control devices.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

The attached drawings show embodiments of the present invention, and FIG. 1 is a front view of a pachinko machine, FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of the gaming section of the game board, FIG. 3 is a front view of the variable display device, and FIG. 4 is a front view of the pachinko machine. 5(a) to (1)) are schematic diagrams of the variable display unit for explaining the display method of the variable display device, and FIG. 6 is the front side of the variable winning device. Figure 7 is a side view of the machine; Figure 8 is an exploded perspective view of the electrical control device;
Fig. 9 is a perspective view of the control board, Fig. 10 is a block diagram showing the schematic configuration of the electrical control device, and Fig. 11 is a one-depth diagram.
"Flock 1 Me" showing the outline of the configuration of a microcomputer.
, FIG. 12(a) shows the state before starting up to the normal state.
/ Schematic diagram of the configuration of the chip microcomputer 5 Figure 12 (1)) is a schematic diagram of the RAM storage area configuration, and Figures 13 (a) and (b) are for starting the one-chip microcomputer to the normal state. 141 (a) and (b) are diagrams showing examples of password input signals by serial input,
Figures 14 (C) and (d) are diagrams showing examples of input signals for paths 1 through parallel input, Figures 15 and 16 are general flowcharts showing the outline of the tree system configuration, and Figure 17 is take transmission. FIG. 18 is a schematic block diagram of the one-chip microcomputer for processing and take collection processing; FIG. 18 is a schematic block diagram of the one-chip microcomputer for timer processing and communication processing; FIGS. The figure is a flowchart showing the flow of fail processing, Figures 21 to 24 are flowcharts showing the flow of timer processing↑~, and Figures 25 to 2
Figure 7 shows flowcharts 1 to 28 showing the flow of communication processing.
Flowchart Flowchart h, FIG. 50, which shows the flow of the process, shows the stoppage of the first to third variable display sections of the variable display device, l=timing, and time charts 1 to 1. In the figure, 1 is a pachinko machine, 4 is a game board, 7 is a game section, 11
12 is a variable display device; 12 is a variable display; 123 to 12C are first to third display units; 43 is an electrical control device; 62 is a one-chip microcomputer; 77 is a mask ROM
, 78 is EPROM, 79 is EEPROM, 80 is RA
81 is a CPU, 99 is a power supply circuit for rewriting, 100 is a mote input control circuit, 100a is a mote setting signal input control section, 101 is a 1,000th tote setting terminal, and 102 is a second mote setting terminal. □7sn

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[Scope of Claims] A game board of a pachinko machine is provided with an electric control device having a one-chip microcomputer in which control data storage means, variable data storage means, arithmetic control means, etc. are integrated into a single base material. In a pachinko machine that controls the operation of an electrical game machine, the first system enables writing of basic control commands into the control data storage means by inputting an appropriate input signal.
an identification means; a second identification means for making it possible to read out the storage contents of the control data storage means by inputting an appropriate input signal; The third part enables writing of startup control commands.
an identification means, and a signal inputted from the outside to selectively put any one of the activation control commands written in the first, second, and third identification means or the variable data storage means into an operable or executable state. control operation selection means for making the basic control command written in the control data storage means executable, erasing the activation control command written in the variable data storage means, and controlling the control operation by the control operation selection means; 1. A pachinko machine comprising: a start-up control command execution means for disabling the selection of , and an electric control device including the following on a one-chip microcomputer.